Digging for the Truth

For thousands of years, the pyramid builders used rivers and streams like this one as their principal mode of transportation. Paddling their canoes, they traveled up and down the Mississippi River trading along the way with other native cultures. I've asked archaeologist T.R. Kidder of Washington University in St. Louis to meet me at the waters edge. He says he can show me America's oldest pyramid. . . . Josh: I'm meeting with John Kelly, an archaeologist at Wwashington University in St. Louis to learn if the descendants of the people who lived here could have had the ability to defeat De Soto in the 16th century. He tells me Cahokia reached its peak in 1100 A.D., with a population of over 50,000 residents. . . . (Media Pulse text)

•	Digging for the Truth The History Channel, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006