Mound 7 is a mound at Cahokia Mounds. The mound was the location of the "beaded burial", an elaborate burial process of what is believed to be one of the rulers of Cahokia. The mound began as a circle of 48 large wooden posts known as a "woodhenge", but they have since been dismantled.

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1. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site loop — Collinsville

8.16km

02:04

10m

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2. Mound 72 loop from Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site

3.09km

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Location: Collinsville, Madison County, Illinois, United States

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Mound 72

1. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site loop — Collinsville

2. Mound 72 loop from Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site

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