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The current issue of Science contains three articles that suggest the days of bashing North America's "Moundbuilder Myth" are over . . . maybe.
America's Lost City
Andrew Lawler
New excavations reveal surprising dimensions to North America's oldest city and its great earthen monuments.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/334/6063/1618
Does North America Hold the Roots of Mesoamerican Civilization?
Andrew Lawler
Ancient settlements in what is now Louisiana may have laid the
foundation not only for the great city of Cahokia but perhaps also for
Mesoamerican civilization.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/334/6063/1620
Preserving History, One Hill at a Time
Andrew Lawler
A handful of scientists are scrambling to preserve what they can of
pre-Columbian North American mounds and prevent further destruction of
structures that hold vital clues to ancient Native American society.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/334/6063/1623
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