Siouan-speaking peoples claim ancestral ties to Cahokia a millennium ago. Cholula fell to a different Mexican power in 1186 CE, severing trade routes to Cahokia, which collapsed around 1200 CE. The Chaco great pueblo was abandoned the same year. Archaeologist Steve Lekson has flagged this striking simultaneity in print.
Cahokia and Cholula collapse connected by trade route disruption circa 1186-1200 CE
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- Siouan-speaking peoples (Osage, Ponca, Kansa) claim ancestral rulership of Cahokia around 1,000 years ago
- Cholula in Mexico was conquered around 950 CE by a Maya-related nation originating on the Gulf Coast near Veracruz
- Cholula was conquered by a different Mexican power in 1186 CE, cutting off trade routes to Cahokia
- Cahokia collapsed around 1200 CE and the Chaco great pueblo was abandoned in 1186 CE, suggesting connected causes
- Archaeologist Steve Lekson has noted the simultaneity of these abandonments in print
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