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Artist's interpretation of Ortona Indian Mounds site in Florida.

Florida Serpent Mound Represents Serpens Constellation

November 7, 2020November 8, 2020 Gary C. Daniels archaeastronomy, Earthworks, Florida, Florida Woodland Period

Around 250 AD a village was constructed in the Lake Okeechobee area of south Florida that was unlike any other

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Another Mayan Glyph at Crystal River Site in Florida

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 Gary C. Daniels

A pottery fragment on display in the museum at the Crystal River Archaeological State Park appears to represent the Mayan

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Ocala- A Mayan Province in Florida

June 11, 2019January 6, 2020 Gary C. Daniels America-Mexico Connection, Chontal Maya, Long Distance Trade, Maritime Maya

In 1539 the Hernando de Soto expedition heard fabulous stories about a province in Florida called Ocalé (pronounced Ocala, the

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Could the Maya Reach Florida?

June 9, 2019December 5, 2019 Gary C. Daniels Long Distance Trade, Poton Maya

The Maya were known for their spectacular cities featuring dazzling pyramids. But these cities, often having 100-200,000 inhabitants, required an

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Mayan Glyphs, Figurines at Mandeville Site in Georgia

May 31, 2019January 9, 2020 Gary C. Daniels

The Mandeville site in Georgia is the earliest site in the state to feature a flat-topped earthen pyramid mound and

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Mayan Glyphs at Crystal River Site in Florida

May 19, 2019August 20, 2021 Gary C. Daniels

The Crystal River site on the Gulf Coast of Florida has been called enigmatic for decades due to the

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Ancient Temples in Georgia and Egypt Share Solar Alignments

February 22, 2019October 23, 2021 Gary C. Daniels archaeastronomy, archaeoastronomy, Ocmulgee Mounds

Did you know that the Ocmulgee Earth Lodge in Macon, Georgia and the Abu Simbel Temple in Aswan, Egypt are

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Dakota Sioux Once Lived in Georgia?

January 9, 2017September 27, 2018 Gary C. Daniels Georgia, Santee

When one thinks of the Dakota Sioux what instantly springs to mind are images of Indians on horseback hunting buffalo

View of the Forsyth petroglyph at the University of Georgia

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Did Mayan Astronomers Create the Forsyth Petroglyph?

December 17, 2012September 27, 2018 Gary C. Daniels 3300 BC Event, comet, impact event, Long Distance Trade, Maya

Does the Forsyth Petroglyph record the same astronomical event recorded in Temple XIX at Palenque and also depicted on the

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Archaeoastronomy of the Ocmulgee Earth Lodge

July 18, 2012September 27, 2018 Gary C. Daniels archaeoastronomy, comet, Georgia, Georgia Mississippian Period, impact event, meteor impacts

Was the Ocmulgee earth lodge an astronomical observatory and sophisticated scientific apparatus designed to forewarn its designers of impending catastrophe

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Evidence of Fireworks in Ancient America?

July 3, 2012September 27, 2018 Gary C. Daniels Ancient American Mysteries, Chinese in America, Duhare, Irish in America, Long Distance Trade, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tuscorora

Eyewitness accounts of what appears to be fireworks were recorded by the earliest Spanish explorers of the South Carolina coast

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Mayan Glyphs on Georgia, Florida Pottery?

March 10, 2012May 22, 2019 Gary C. Daniels Florida, Florida Woodland Period, Georgia, Georgia Woodland Period, Long Distance Trade, Maya, Swift Creek

The arrival of corn at the Fort Center and Ortona sites in the Lake Okeechobee area of Florida by 200