Cahokia aquaculture pond system. There is strong evidence of purposeful industrial-level aquaculture at Cahokia between the mounds Ponds were designed to grow fish with nets to segregate fingerlings from larger fish They had sophisticated water engineering, routing water through intentional canals
Cahokia shows evidence of managed fish husbandry and aquaculture between the mounds - engineered canals and ponds for fish cultivation. Similar systems found in the American Southwest and Southeast. They cultivated grains including goosefoot and various native North American crops.
Key Facts
- There is strong evidence of purposeful industrial-level aquaculture at Cahokia between the mounds
- Ponds were designed to grow fish with nets to segregate fingerlings from larger fish
- They had sophisticated water engineering, routing water through intentional canals
- Evidence of similar canal systems has been found in Florida (thousands of miles), Arizona (Snake Town culture, Anasazi, Hohokam)
- They cultivated grains including goosefoot and various native North American grains
Related site: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.
Source: The Roundtable Chronicles - Ep. 9 by Institute for Natural Philosophy