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Discovering forgotten Indigenous landscapes with electromagnetic know-how

The fertile river valleys of the American Midwest cover tens of 1000’s of Indigenous earthworks, in response to specialists: geometric buildings consisting of partitions, mounds, ditches, and berms, some courting again practically 3,000 years.

Archaeologists now consider that the earthworks functioned as spiritual gathering locations, tombs for culturally essential clans, and annual calendars, maybe all on the similar time. They will take the type of large circles and squares, cloverleafs and octagons, advanced S-curves and easy mounds.

Till lately, it appeared as if a lot of the continent’s pre-European archaeological heritage had been carelessly worn out, uprooted, and misplaced for good. However traces stay: electromagnetic remnants within the soil that may be detected utilizing specialty surveying gear. And archaeologists and tribal historians are working collectively to uncover them. Learn the total story.

—Geoff Manaugh

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