Cahokia: Fields
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1 - Long Lots of the Common Field
Cultivated fields and pasture surrounded the village. The fields were often surrounded by a common fence. Within the fenced area farmers owned land in long strips that stretched from the river to the bluffs. Long fields minimized the number of times plows and oxen needed to be turned.
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