What did the Cahokia tribe eat?

Answer 1

Cahokia (the real name of the city is unknown) was a thriving community with gardens, marketplaces, merchants, craftsmen and dealers in all kinds of commodities; the city was surrounded by agricultural fields for growing huge quantities of foodstuffs.

The people of Cahokia were expert and intensive farmers, producing far more productive strains of maize (Indian corn) than any other group at that time. Their main crops were the usual maize, beans and squash; they also hunted deer and other animals but on a very small scale - they quickly killed off most of the animals within range of their hunters.

There is evidence for really extensive salt production at the site, by evaporating it from the waters of nearby salt-water springs. The brine was evaporated in flat clay dishes over open fires. So huge was this industry in producing salt that much of it must have been surplus, traded to other groups in return for other types of foods (perhaps meat and fish).

Answer 2

They ate maize squash sunflower and weedy seed crops. They also ate corn, beans, hunted rabbits, squirrels, bison, deer, wild rice, fish, and drank water

Answer 3

food