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    "pk": 21157,
    "title": "Archaeoastronomy and Landscape Archaeology at Cahokia",
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    "abstract": "<p>The Mississippian-era site of Cahokia was the largest Native American city north of Mexico. Archaeologists have long speculated about possible astronomic alignments and spatial relationships in the layout of its 100+ earthen mounds. In this paper LiDAR imagery, historic documents, ethnohistoric and archaeologic data are used to assess the site relative to astronomic and landscape alignments. New findings show how Monks, Rattlesnake, Powell and other mounds are aligned to the Sun, Moon, and Milky Way. Additionally, these alignments intersect prominent bluffs to the east and southeast that appear to have been used as horizon markers.&nbsp;</p>",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
        "short_name": "CC BY 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Cahokia"
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        {
            "word": "Monks Mound"
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            "word": "archaeoastronomy"
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        {
            "word": "Milky Way"
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        {
            "word": "Moon"
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        {
            "word": "Native American"
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/285847w8",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "William",
            "middle_name": "Francis",
            "last_name": "Romain",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Indiana University",
            "department": "Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2024-05-06T16:53:17.405000-07:00",
    "date_accepted": "2024-08-24T12:30:56.017000-07:00",
    "date_published": "2024-08-27T00:57:00-07:00",
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