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Skookum_J t1_jbtchmo wrote

Reply to comment by WeatherChannelDino in Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator

Couple interesting ones.

Poverty Point, is a site in Louisiana, dating to around 3200 years ago. Stone artifacts have been found at the site made with stone from as far as Ohio or Iowa. The site is also known for these strange little baked clay objects, known as Poverty Point Objects. No one's quite sure what they're for. But they were traded all over the Eastern US. Some have been found as far away as Florida.

Another cool one is Cahokia. Located in Missouri, and dating back about 1000 years. The site was a major trade hub. Getting Obsidian from as far as the Rockies, shells from the Gulf Coast, and copper from the Great Lakes. And they produced the really intricate copper plates that were traded as far as Wisconsin and Florida.

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WeatherChannelDino t1_jbtqfr0 wrote

I remember watching a video about Cahokia and I'm super interested in them. Admittedly I don't watch as many history videos or read as much as I should but I do wanna learn more.

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BuffaloOk7264 t1_jbucrp2 wrote

Spiro Mounds in Oklahoma on the Arkansas River traded in Bois dArc blanks for building bows.

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