Them There Hills: Mounds and the Myth of the Moundbuilders - The Dirt 56

It’s all about mounds and moundbuilders on this week’s episode with Anna and Amber. Links Cahokia: The Great Native American Metropolis (via WorldCat) Cahokia Mounds Watson Brake, a Middle Archaic Mound Complex in Northeast Louisiana (American Antiquity) 12th-Century Cahokia Was a “Melting Pot” (Archaeology) Cahokia and the Excavation of Mound 72 (Lithics Casting Lab) The Ancient Mounds of Poverty Point: A Place of Rings (via WorldCat) Moundbuilders (Newberry) Early pottery: Technology, Function, Style, and Interaction in the Lower Southeast (via WorldCat) White Settlers Buried the Truth About the Midwest’s Mysterious Mound Cities (Smithsonian)Check out Ken Feder’s take on the myth of the moundbuilders over on Archaeological Fantasies. He’s also the author of this week’s Dirt Book Club entry, Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology . Contact Email the Dirt Podcast Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.