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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.
Peaceful Existence. At the foot of Monk’s Mound, a deer stands ground.
Some speculate that the Cahokia city was the northern most outreach of the Middle American culturals of the Post Classic period and the height of the archeologist’s Mississippian era. The societies that built these mounds extended throughout the Mississippi’s watershed: Southern Canada to the Great Plains, east to the Atlantic and south to the Gulf of Mexico. Some mounds were known to be used as burial mounds; some to provide a ceremonial platform. But generally the reason the mounds were built remains elusive. Some of the many mounds of Cahokia were destroyed when the interstate highways were constructed in the 1950s. At least five interstates intersect. St. Louis. The city and Cahokia, both port cities, hug the grand Mississippi River at the center of the United States. According to Charles C. Mann, author of the groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, 1491, Cahokia was a city of at least 15,000, “the biggest concentration of people north of Rio Grande until the eighteenth century.” 2 Now, nearby schools have for generations sent their children here on school excursions. Now the ceremonial center of Cahokia is quiet, with only tourists climbing the mounds and walking the grounds. It is so peaceful that the deer are fearless of human activity nearby. 2 Charles C. Mann; 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Second Edition; Vintage Books, New York, July 2011. 117
- 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 116 and 117: ON LOCATION 21 I CAHOKIA, ILLINOIS
- Page 119: Glimpses of Prior Grandeur. A long
- 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
Peaceful Existence. At the foot of Monk’s Mound, a deer stands ground.
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