Them There Hills: Mounds and the Myth of the Moundbuilders - Dirt 179

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Hello, lovely listeners--a whole bunch of life stuff has smacked us right in the face recently. Thank you so much for your patience and continued support--we really love you. This week's classic episode is all about mounds and the people that built (and absolutely did not build) them. Links * Cahokia: The Great Native American Metropolis [https://www.worldcat.org/title/cahokia-the-great-native-american-metropolis/oclc/41017312] (via WorldCat) * Cahokia Mounds [https://cahokiamounds.org/] * Watson Brake, a Middle Archaic Mound Complex in Northeast Louisiana [https://www.jstor.org/stable/40035868?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents] (American Antiquity) * 12th-Century Cahokia Was a "Melting Pot" [https://www.archaeology.org/news/1880-140306-illinois-cahokia-immigrants] (Archaeology) * Cahokia and the Excavation of Mound 72 [http://www.lithiccastinglab.com/gallery-pages/2001augustmound72excavation1.htm] (Lithics Casting Lab) * The Ancient Mounds of Poverty Point: A Place of Rings [https://www.worldcat.org/title/ancient-mounds-of-poverty-point-place-of-rings/oclc/50677131] (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 [https://www.worldcat.org/title/early-pottery-technology-function-style-and-interaction-in-the-lower-southeast/oclc/680620771] (via WorldCat) * White Settlers Buried the Truth About the Midwest's Mysterious Mound Cities [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/white-settlers-buried-truth-about-midwests-mysterious-mound-cities-180968246/#k0okPkPkZfHbE5Ev.99] (Smithsonian)Check out Ken * Feder's take on the myth of the moundbuilders [https://archyfantasies.com/the-history-of-pseudoarchaeology-the-moundbuilders-myth/] over on Archaeological Fantasies. He's also the author of this week's Dirt Book Club entry, Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science Contact * Email the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/] *

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