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  Jul 11, 2020
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  Cahokia's rise parallels onset of corn agriculture

  phys.org - Diana Yates

  Corn cultivation spread from Mesoamerica to what is now the American Southwest by about 4000 B.C., but how and when the crop made it to other parts …

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  Well-engineered ‘watercourts’ stored live fish, fueling Florida’s Calusa kingdom

  heritagedaily.com - Mark Milligan

  The mighty Calusa ruled South Florida for centuries, wielding military power, trading and collecting tribute along routes that sprawled hundreds of …

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  New study debunks myth of Cahokia's Native American lost civilization

  phys.org - Yasmin Anwar

  A University of California, Berkeley, archaeologist has dug up ancient human feces, among other demographic clues, to challenge the narrative around …

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  Using Drone-Mounted Lasers, Scientists Find Ancient Bead-Making, Island-Dwelling Community in Florida

  Smithsonian Magazine - Brigit Katz

  Raleigh Island is a long, uninhabited stretch along Florida’s Gulf Coast, where vegetation grows thick and wild. But hundreds of years ago, before …

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  Lead pollution from Native Americans attributed to crushing galena for glitter paint

  phys.org - Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis School of Science

  Native American use of galena at Kincaid Mounds, a settlement occupied during the Mississippian period (1150 to 1450 CE), resulted in more than 1.5 …