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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This is about rock piles and stone mound sites in New England. A balance is needed between keeping them secret and making them public. Also arrowheads, stone tools and other surface archaeology.
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ReplyDelete"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?
I was noticing a lot of visitors today looking for info on Loubser. this article closes the loop.
ReplyDeleteLoubser 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.
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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.
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