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世界遗产档案
卡俄基亚土丘历史遗址位于密苏里州圣路易斯城东北部约13公里处，这是哥伦布发现美洲前墨西哥以北地区最大的聚居地。该遗址主要在密西西比纪（公元800年至1400年）时期开始有人类居住，占地1600公顷，包括120个土丘。该遗址是古代部落社会的典型样例，以类似中心城和卫星城的模式进行规划，在中心城市周围有许多小村庄。这个农业社会在其鼎盛时期（约公元1050年至1150年间）约有人口1万至2万。在这个遗址上我们还可以找到一些远古建筑，例如当地的寺庙丘，这是美洲大陆上最大的史前土木工程，占地超过5公顷，高约30米。
UNESCO 官方中文展开英文原文
Cahokia Mounds, some 13 km north-east of St Louis, Missouri, is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. It was occupied primarily during the Mississippian period (800–1400), when it covered nearly 1,600 ha and included some 120 mounds. It is a striking example of a complex chiefdom society, with many satellite mound centres and numerous outlying hamlets and villages. This agricultural society may have had a population of 10–20,000 at its peak between 1050 and 1150. Primary features at the site include Monks Mound, the largest prehistoric earthwork in the Americas, covering over 5 ha and standing 30 m high.