The Mound Builder Myth
"The varying cultures collectively called Mound Builders were inhabitants of North America who, during a 5,000-year period, constructed various styles of earthen mounds for religious and ceremonial, burial, and elite residential purposes. These included the Pre-Columbian cultures of the Archaic period; Woodland period (Adena and Hopewell cultures); and Mississippian period; dating from roughly 3500 BCE (the construction of Watson Brake) to the 16th century CE, and living in regions of the Great Lakes, the Ohio River Valley, and the Mississippi River valley and its tributary waters.
Since the 19th century, the prevailing scholarly consensus has been that the mounds were constructed by indigenous peoples of the Americas."
Since the 19th century, the prevailing scholarly consensus has been that the mounds were constructed by indigenous peoples of the Americas."
- Text from Wikipedia entry for "Mound Builders" (accessed 11/15/2015)
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Blog Posts and Articles
- "Victorian Mound Builder Myth Recycled Yet Again" (Jason Colavito, 7/3/2015)
- "Mastodons, "Mound Builders," and the Willful Flattening of Time" (Andy White, 2/14/2015)
- "New App Offers Mormon-Inspired Claims about the Real Origins of Hopewell Mounds" (Jason Colavito, 2/9/2015)
- "Review of Search for the Lost Giants S01E05 "Into the Bone Cave"" (Jason Colavito, 12/3/2014)
- "The Mound Builder Myth" (Brad Lepper, 6/5/2011)
- "The Davenport Conspiracy: Revisited and Revised" (Randy Pinsky, 5/16/2007)
Other Online Media
- "Those Mysterious Mound Builders" (ArchyFantasies podcast, Episode 4, 2/16/2015)
- "Moundbuilder Myth - History and Death of a Legend" (About Education)
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