I was enjoying reading this article, especially as they did something rarely done: they showed a picture of an arrowhead. I don't know about you, but I judge arrowhead style to be a good cultural indicator. If you find a Clovis point, you assume a Clovis culture. Similarly, if you find a notched triangle, like the above, you assume a common culture. In this case we can call it "Mississippian".
OK, so here are arrowheads from the "Sinagua" culture, from near Prescott AZ:
Note that the small one (and it is pretty tiny) is a notched triange - clearly from some version of a Mississippian Culture.Question: Guess where else these arrowheads are found?
Answer: "Pre-Classic Mayan Arrowheads", retrieved from Google image search:
When I realized the authors were un-aware of older cultures than the Mississipian one, with these same arrowhead styles, I stopped reading.
Should I be shocked the authors do not even know basic facts of their own subject matter?
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