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first in a series of personal odysseys that explore sacred earth sites. A joint project by photographer Scott Angus and Emily Sopensky. first in a series of personal odysseys that explore sacred earth sites. A joint project by photographer Scott Angus and Emily Sopensky.
ON LOCATION 21 I CAHOKIA, ILLINOIS Cahokia is at the center of the Mississippian culture, both culturally and physically, of the Native American mound builders. Some believe that the origins of the Native American tribes flowed from this famous site on the Mississippi River. Forty percent of the U.S. watershed stems from the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Cahokia in its zenith was an encampment of over ten thousand people. Massive ceremonial grounds were erected for purposes that have yet to be decisively determined. Great earth pyramids not unlike those of in Central America and even the Peruvian Incas were built. Some theorize the need for food and shelter resulted in decimating the nearby surroundings of Cahokia, forcing tribes farther and farther to find a sustainable living—trees, shelter, fuel, and game. The World Heritage List [http://whc. unesco.org/en/list/ pulled 21Nov2016] includes 1052 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage identified by the United Nations’ World Heritage Committee as having outstanding universal value. In 1982, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site was inducted in to the List. Covering six square miles, N38 39 31 W90 3 41, Cahokia is an assemblage of at least 120 Indian burial mounds. Some historians believe this is the center of a large chiefdom that spread throughout the Mississippi rivershed. Cahokia’s first century presence is largely muted and vaguely outline by vegetation growth. Yet, at the top of Monk’s Mound, the dominant mound, you can see miles across the Mississippi to the city of St. Louis. 110
Cahokia map with Monk’s Mound in the upper right. [Sopensky photo]
- Page 66 and 67: Split Tree in Black-and-White. A Zu
- Page 68 and 69: ON LOCATION 14 I E S C A L A N T E
- Page 70 and 71: Bleak Plateau. In black-and-white,
- Page 72 and 73: Sagacious Sage. A backward glance c
- Page 74 and 75: Sage Glance. The black and white ta
- Page 76 and 77: Waves Frozen in Motion. This image
- Page 78 and 79: Holding Pen. So much more depth sho
- Page 80 and 81: Escalante Plateau - the Fortress. S
- Page 82 and 83: Escalante Plateau Crevasse. The con
- Page 84 and 85: ON LOCATION 15 I C A P I TO L R E E
- Page 86 and 87: The Striped Tower The Striped Tower
- Page 88 and 89: ON LOCATION 16 I B RY C E C A N Y O
- Page 90 and 91: Pins and Needles. Depths of torture
- Page 92 and 93: s In the Shadows. Fortress of red r
- Page 94 and 95: s A Void. Forming a dark secret
- Page 96 and 97: Lake Protected by Rock. Beneficial
- Page 98 and 99: Ghost Mountain. The haunting of a l
- Page 100 and 101: ON LOCATION 17 I “ H OV ” H OV
- Page 102 and 103: Anasazi Cloud Crowd. Near Escalante
- Page 104 and 105: ON LOCATION 18 I Z I O N N AT I O N
- Page 106 and 107: In Between. Spiritual energy emits
- Page 108 and 109: ON LOCATION 19 I M O J AV E D E S E
- Page 110 and 111: Ominous Space. Darkened lens highli
- Page 112 and 113: ON LOCATION 20 I N E VA DA , O N T
- Page 114 and 115: s Warrior. Illustrating the narrati
- Page 119: Glimpses of Prior Grandeur. A long
- Page 122 and 123: Peaceful Existence. At the foot of
- Page 125 and 126: C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t
- Page 127 and 128: The Mississippi River and Watershed
- Page 131: Snake. Petroglyph, Tent Rocks, New
Cahokia map with Monk’s Mound in<br />
the upper right. [Sopensky photo]
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