http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/take-that-mound-builders-of-yore/ Road trip news, rants, and ruminations by the Editors of RoadsideAmerica.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:05:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/take-that-mound-builders-of-yore/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Denny Gibson Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:44:02 +0000 http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/?p=174#comment-258 ...and Monk's Mound at Cahokia is 100 feet high and would have filled about 200,000 dump trucks but the builders, unable to line up even a single tipper, were forced to do the whole thing with baskets. I'll be back with more impressive stats if I ever find the dump truck to wicker basket conversion factor. …and Monk’s Mound at Cahokia is 100 feet high and would have filled about 200,000 dump trucks but the builders, unable to line up even a single tipper, were forced to do the whole thing with baskets. I’ll be back with more impressive stats if I ever find the dump truck to wicker basket conversion factor.

]]> http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/take-that-mound-builders-of-yore/comment-page-1/#comment-257 stuthehistoryguy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:03 +0000 http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/?p=174#comment-257 It does bear mentioning that the Great Serpent Mound, though only three feet high, is 1,330 feet long. And it's head is aligned with the Summer Solstice to boot! It does bear mentioning that the Great Serpent Mound, though only three feet high, is 1,330 feet long. And it’s head is aligned with the Summer Solstice to boot!

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