Community Calendar

History of the Cahokia Mounds with Dr. Angela Cooper

Dr. Angela Cooper, Site Specialist at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, will speak about the Cahokia Mounds on Thursday, April 11, at 6:00 PM, in the Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum.

The Cahokia Mounds are the remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico, and are located a few miles west of Collinsville.  Within the 2,200 acre tract, lie the archaeological remnants of the central section of the ancient settlement that is today known as Cahokia.  Cahokia was the largest and most influential urban settlement of the Mississippian culture, which developed advanced societies across much of what is now the Central and the Southeastern United States, beginning more than 1,000 years before European contact.

Dr. Angela Cooper is originally from Mascoutah, IL and grew up learning about the great site of Cahokia Mounds.  Her educational and professional career has centered around Illinois archaeology.  Dr. Cooper received her MA from University of Tulsa studying the relationships of Hopewell sites in the Illinois River Valley.  After graduation she worked as the supervisor of volunteer excavations of the East Palisade at Cahokia Mounds for two summers and worked as a Seasonal Interpreter at the site in between those summers.  She returned to University of Tulsa and earned a PhD.

This is a free program and a library card is not required to attend, but registration is required.

To register or to learn more about this free library program and other library programs, go online to effinghamlibrary.org, email info@effinghamlibrary.org or call 217-342-2464 x. 1.