Watson Brake: 5,500-Years- Old America's Oldest Monument Was Built by Hunter-Gatherers

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Watson Brake in Louisiana is a 5,500-year-old Native American mound complex that predates Stonehenge and challenges long-held beliefs about prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies.

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