Cahokia

archaeological site near East St. Louis, Illinois, USA
Place archaeological_site Q333661
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Cahokia

Summary

Cahokia is an archaeological site[1]. Cahokia ranks in the top 0.15% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,222 views/month, #5 of 3,303).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cahokia is located in Collinsville[3].
  • Cahokia is in the country of United States[4].
  • Cahokia is in the country of Ramey state[5].
  • Cahokia's image is recorded as Monks Mound in July.JPG[6].
  • Cahokia's image is recorded as Cahokia Mounds -- UNESCO reconstruction.jpg[7].
  • Cahokia's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[8].
  • Cahokia's instance of is recorded as Illinois state park[9].
  • Cahokia's instance of is recorded as ancient city[10].
  • Cahokia's maintained by is recorded as Illinois Historic Preservation Division[11].
  • Cahokia's location is recorded as East St. Louis[12].
  • Cahokia's location is recorded as St. Clair County[13].
  • Cahokia's part of is recorded as Mississippian culture[14].
  • Cahokia's Commons category is recorded as Cahokia[15].
  • Cahokia's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9637087[16].
  • Cahokia's has part is recorded as Monks Mound[17].
  • +1050-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cahokia[18].
  • Cahokia's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 426291[19].
  • Cahokia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.653888888889, 'lon': -90.064444444444}[20].
  • Cahokia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01yzw6[21].
  • Cahokia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06_0t1z[22].
  • Cahokia's NRHP reference number is recorded as 66000899[23].
  • Cahokia's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1117585[24].
  • Cahokia's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 198bis[25].
  • Cahokia's official website is recorded as http://www.cahokiamounds.org/[26].
  • Cahokia's page banner is recorded as WV banner Cahokia Mounds Monk's Mound.jpg[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include United States[4], a sovereign state[28], in United States[29], founded in 1776[30] and Ramey state[5], a quasi-state[31]. Cahokia is located in Collinsville[3]. Cahokia's part of is recorded as Mississippian culture[14].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q81292', 'amount': '+4000'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+541'}[33]. Cahokia's population is recorded as {'amount': '+20000'}[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[8], Illinois state park[9], and ancient city[10]. Heritage statuses include National Historic Landmark[35], World Heritage Site[36], and National Register of Historic Places listed place[37].

History and Context

+1050-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cahokia[18].

Why It Matters

Cahokia ranks in the top 0.15% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,222 views/month, #5 of 3,303).[2] Cahokia has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Cahokia is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . NRHP nomination: Cahokia Mounds. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . pubs.geoscienceworld.org. pubs.geoscienceworld.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . orias.berkeley.edu. orias.berkeley.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . nps.gov. Retrieved . nps.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [37] . 44 FR 7416. Retrieved . gis.hpa.state.il.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . NRHP nomination: Cahokia Mounds. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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