quote:The rulers lived atop the mounds in wooden houses and literally looked down on others. They almost surely consolidated power the way leaders of many early societies did, not by hoarding but by giving away goods. Since there was no money, commerce was by barter.
The Cahokians wouldn't recognize part of the Mississippi delta now known as Cancer Alley.
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posted 26 August 2005 11:52 AM
