Ancient mound builders get cultured. (complex culture of hunter-gatherers) From: Science News | Date: September 20, 1997| Author: Bower, Bruce | COPYRIGHT 1997 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Research into excavated earthen mounds in Watson Brake, LA, indicates that hunter-gatherers who lived about 5,400 years ago were capable of complex earthworks. Age estimates were made through radiocarbon dating and analysis of the rate of decay of radioactive elements.

Clusters of earthen mounds containing evidence of human occupation and activity occur at more than 2 dozen locations in the eastern United States. Archaeologists generally assume that Native Americans inhabited th...

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