[PAR] [TLE] Cahokia [SEP] The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (11 MS 2) is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city ( 600–1400 CE) directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis, Missouri.  This historic park lies in southern Illinois between East St. Louis and Collinsville.  The park covers 2200 acre , or about 3.5 sqmi , and contains about 80 mounds, but the ancient city was much larger.  In its heyday, Cahokia covered about 6 sqmi and included about 120 human-made earthen mounds in a wide range of sizes, shapes, and functions. [PAR] [TLE] Mississippian stone statuary [SEP] The Mississippian stone statuary are artifacts of polished stone in the shape of human figurines made by members of the Mississippian culture (800 to 1600 CE) and found in archaeological sites in the American Midwest and Southeast.  Two distinct styles exist; the first is a style of carved "flint clay" found over a wide geographical area but believed to be from the American Bottom area and manufactured at the Cahokia site specifically; the second is a variety of carved and polished locally available stone primarily found in the Tennessee-Cumberland region and northern Georgia (although there are lone outliers of this style in other regions).  Early European explorers reported seeing stone and wooden statues in native temples, but the first documented modern discovery was made in 1790 in Kentucky, and given as a gift to Thomas Jefferson.
[PAR] [TLE] Cahokia [ SEP ] The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site ( 11 MS 2 ) is the site of a pre - Columbian Native American city ( 600–1400 CE ) directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis , Missouri . This historic park lies in southern Illinois between East St. Louis and Collinsville . The park covers 2200 acre , or about 3.5 sqmi , and contains about 80 mounds , but the ancient city was much larger . In its heyday , Cahokia covered about 6 sqmi and included about 120 human - made earthen mounds in a wide range of sizes , shapes , and functions . [PAR] [TLE] Mississippian stone statuary [ SEP ] The Mississippian stone statuary are artifacts of polished stone in the shape of human figurines made by members of the Mississippian culture ( 800 to 1600 CE ) and found in archaeological sites in the American Midwest and Southeast . Two distinct styles exist ; the first is a style of carved " flint clay " found over a wide geographical area but believed to be from the American Bottom area and manufactured at the Cahokia site specifically ; the second is a variety of carved and polished locally available stone primarily found in the Tennessee - Cumberland region and northern Georgia ( although there are lone outliers of this style in other regions ) . Early European explorers reported seeing stone and wooden statues in native temples , but the first documented modern discovery was made in 1790 in Kentucky , and given as a gift to Thomas Jefferson .
The Mississippian stone statuary artifacts were produced near what modern city?
The Mississippian stone statuary artifacts were produced near what modern city ?
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri