Palisades

//Palisades //



//Many settlements of the [|native] [|Mississippian culture] of the [|Southeastern United States] also made use of palisades. The most prominent example is the [|Cahokia Mounds] site in [|Collinsville, Illinois]. A wooden stockade with a series of watchtowers or [|bastions] at regular intervals formed a 2 miles (3.2 km) long enclosure around [|Monk's Mound] and the Grand Plaza. [|Archaeologists] found evidence of the stockade during excavation of the area and indications that it was rebuilt several times, in slightly different locations. The stockade seems to have separated Cahokia's main ceremonial precinct from other parts of the city, as well as being a defensive structure.[|[2]]// //Other examples include the [|Angel Mounds Site] in Southern [|Indiana], [|Aztalan State Park] in [|Wisconsin], the [|Kincaid Site] in [|Illinois], the [|Parkin Site] and the [|Nodena Sites] in Southeastern [|Arkansas] and the [|Etowah Site] in [|Georgia].//


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