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Cahokia’s Monks Mound May Have Been Built in Only 20 Years, Study Says
- themodelplumber 11y ago> “They are cut sodblocks turned upside down and stacked like bricks,” Lopinot said. Can anyone explain what a sodblock is in this context? I'm wondering why they would use this construction method. Do the roots of the grass hold enough soil together to make it viable for taller mounds like this?
- panglott 11y agoIn the Euro-American settlement of the plains, sod construction was pretty common. They would cut the sod and stack it like bricks to make a house. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sod_house https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sod_house
- themodelplumber 11y agoThank you. Was it normally placed upside-down?