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At regular intervals around the wall, substantial buttresses served as both watchtowers and structural supports. The town was divided into two groups of progressively smaller enclosures, which may have also separated it into various social and ceremonial zones, possibly representing Aztalan's growth over time.

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The prevalence of warfare in Mississippian civilization is attested to by the numerous images from the state showing warriors wielding war clubs while grasping the severed heads of their victims. It was also evident in the enormous stockades that encircled Cahokia and Aztalan. These imposing walls were constructed from enormous wooden poles that were covered in willow and other tree branches. They were then plastered using the wattle and daub method with a mixture of river clays, mud, and grasses. This walled enclosure at Cahokia surrounded the main site's 200 acres.

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Mississippians lacked a written language, but engravings on stone figurines, shells, ceramic artwork, effigy smoking pipes, and stone tablets depicted aspects of their religious beliefs. The Mississippian belief system articulates ideas that have a long North American history and that many Native Americans still hold dear today. Their religious beliefs were based on a dualistic framework that placed humanity and the planet between the real and supernatural worlds and divided them into upper and lower levels. Many rites had the aim of keeping the two in balance.

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Hundreds of fertile acres were converted into farmland by the Mississippians at Cahokia and Aztalan, and this extensive agricultural endeavor served as the foundation of the Mississippian economy. Mississippian farmers also farmed squash, pumpkins, and flowers like sunflowers in addition to maize corn. Additionally, they consumed a variety of fish types, hunted wildlife, particularly deer, and collected wild herbs, berries, and nuts. The Mississippians exchanged for a variety of rare and valuable items that were used to boost the status of leaders. The base of Mississippian trade interests included items like copper, lead for white paint, deer, and particular kinds of stone materials like Hixton Silicified Sandstone.

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The central 200 acres of the city were encircled by a substantial wooden stockade that included watchtowers. Monks Mound was a flat-topped, platform mound that was over 100 feet high and had a base area of 16 acres at the north end of this large plaza. It is thought to have served as the foundation for the supreme chiefs' primary house.

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Late Woodland Indian cultures in the Midwest began expanding their maize (corn) horticulture around 800 A.D. By 1000 A.D., they had established a sophisticated society known as the Middle Mississippian, which archaeologists date to this time period. This distinctive cultural term is a result of its origin in the Mississippi River valley's core region. Cahokia, the biggest Native American settlement ever built in North America, was a center of Mississippian culture. Located in west central Illinois and across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri, Cahokia is on the floodplain of the river. Cahokia spanned more than five square miles and housed over 10,000 people at the height of its dominance around 1150 A.D. Cahokia's site was home to a diamond-shaped city in its center.