Thursday, December 22, 2011

1,100-year-old Mayan ruins found in North Georgia

by JimP

Click here for story:1,100-year-old Mayan ruins found in North Georgia

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan city in the mountains of North Georgia believed to be at least 1,100 years old. According to Richard Thornton at Examiner.com, the ruins are reportedly what remains of a city built by Mayans fleeing wars, volcanic eruptions, droughts and f...

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Geophile said...
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pwax said...

It says:
"The find is particularly relevant in that it establishes specific links between the culture of Southeastern Native Americans and ancient Mayans.".

I did not get what the "specific links" were. A Cherokee word, an irrigation system or what?

pwax said...

I was noticing a lot of visitors today looking for info on Loubser. this article closes the loop.

Anonymous said...

Loubser has done a lot of research on stone piles in the southeast. I believe Norman Muller has made his acquaintance. He is a proponent of stone piles being native American and not field clearing. He's part of the group of researchers associated with Univ. of Georgia that have been doing stone pile research since the 1960's.

Bruce

Norman said...

I visited the site with Waldrip, the fellow who "discovered" the site, about six or seven years ago and took a number of photos of the terrace walls, which I'll post on the blog. The terrace walls remind me of the walls that Harry Holstein has recorded in Albama.