Episode 56 - Them There Hills: Mounds and the Myth of the Moundbuilders
It’s all about mounds and the people that built (and absolutely did not build) them this week!
To learn more, check out:
Cahokia: The Great Native American Metropolis (via WorldCat)
Watson Brake, a Middle Archaic Mound Complex in Northeast Louisiana (American Antiquity)
12th-Century Cahokia Was a “Melting Pot” (Archaeology)
Cahokia and the Excavation of Mound 72 (Lithics Casting Lab)
The Ancient Mounds of Poverty Point: A Place of Rings (via WorldCat)
Moundbuilders [https://publications.newberry.org/indiansofthemidwest/people-places-time/eras/moundbuilders/] (Newberry)
Early pottery: Technology, Function, Style, and Interaction in the Lower Southeast (via WorldCat)
White Settlers Buried the Truth About the Midwest’s Mysterious Mound Cities (Smithsonian)
Check out Ken Feder’s take on the myth of the moundbuilders over on Archaeological Fantasies. He’s also the author of this week’s Dirt Book Club entry, Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology .
Photo credit: “A half picture of the ancient city of Cahokia painted on the wall at Cahokia Mounds, Illinois.” Public domain image.