Were there Mayans in the Florida Keys?
This very interesting article from 1985 highlights evidence of an ancient culture in the Florida Keys who were building
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Native American Archaeology News
The latest updates and discoveries in Native American archaeology including Hopewell, Mississippian, and more.
Ancient Temples in Georgia and Egypt Share Solar Alignments
Did you know that the Ocmulgee Earth Lodge in Macon, Georgia and the Abu Simbel Temple in Aswan, Egypt are
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A New Religious Cult in 7th Century Florida?
Sometime in the seventh century AD Florida’s native people’s transitioned from producing Swift Creek pottery to Weeden Island pottery. How
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DNA Reveals New, Unknown Ancestors of Early Native Americans
The latest research shows a heretofore unknown lineage of Native Americans called the Ancient Beringians that eventually went extinct.
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Toltecs and Cahokia
Was the ancient Native American metropolis of Cahokia built or inspired by the Toltec empire of Central Mexico? That’s the
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Etowah Elites from Cahokia
In 2004 I argued that the site of Etowah Mounds in Cartersville, Georgia was inhabited by elites from Cahokia, a
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Pyramids in the Everglades?
Eyewitness accounts of ancient stone ruins and pyramids in the Everglades and other locations in South Florida are investigated in
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Network of Ancient Canals in Florida
The Ortona Mounds site in the Lake Okeechobee region of Florida features a network of canals for canoe travel: The
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Native Americans in Florida built an extensive canal network for canoe travel. The only other such network of canals is
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Earliest turkey domestication found in Tennessee
Turkeys figured prominently into pre-contact Native American life, but the first archaeological evidence of probable domestication in the Southeast U.S.
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Etowah Artifacts Come Back To Georgia After A Century In Storage
About a century ago, the Smithsonian collected artifacts from Georgia’s Etowah Indian Mounds. Since then, they’ve been sitting in storage; most haven’t
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Evidence of Foreign Invasion of Georgia in 1100 AD?
Why was a fortified town built on the lower Chattahoochee River in southwest Georgia around 1100 AD? Known as the
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