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  • Ancient bones, teeth tell story of strife at Cahokia

    Aug 6, 2016 12:00 pm by Diana YatesResearch
    Painting of Cahokia by William R. Iseminger, courtesy of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site

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    • Painting of Cahokia by William R. Iseminger, courtesy of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site

    “You have these earlier sacrifices of women that are very organized, and this lasts for a number of generations. And then you get this situation where everything is obviously not right in the world because they are violently killing some people..."