“The occupation is heavy,” says Tamira Brennan, the interim field station manager for the Illinois State Archaeological Survey in Fairview Heights. Although the scientists haven’t yet done a population study for the area, they can say it was “densely populated.”
“This is the first big city in North America,” said Brad Koldehoff, the chief archaeologist for the state. “Now we have details, and it’s – wow. Some conjecture had been that all Cahokia moved to East St. Louis, but that’s not it.
“When Cahokia was big, East St. Louis was big; and this was even bigger than people thought.”
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