ANT210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ethnocentrism, Cyrus Thomas, European Colonialism
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Lecture 9 the myth of the moundbuilders. The lost civilizations of north america documentary dvd trailer. What they say is accurate, but the context is mixed up. The archaeologists are professional as well, but they were outraged when the documentary finally came out. Introduction: in terms of mounds, there was one in, temple mounds, and people were living at the top of these mounds, directly linked to developments in ohio, and look like the materials. Science weekly poverty point that a lot of people were involved in building it: there"s no evidence that the land/earth has been exposed to any environmental conditions. However, with european colonialism caused many deaths so ofcourse there"s loss of memory. Caleb atwater: collected data through survey but in the end, he could not bring himself to believe that native indians built the mounds. The mayans and other native tribes are thought to be israelites from the lost tribes of israel.
