Researchers reveal how prehistoric Native Americans of Cahokia made copper artifacts
EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University researchers ditched many of their high-tech tools and turned to large stones, fire and some
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A dog’s life long ago
In ancient Illinois, small dogs were made to carry or pull sacks of firewood until the tips of their vertebrae broke. Sometimes their heads were lopped off with stone axes during sacrificial ceremonies. Most often, they were buried with the trash.
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Cahokia a Melting Pot of Immigrants
Traditional anthropologists have argued, based on no evidence other than their own beliefs, that the giant Native American metropolis of
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