Pre-Columbian/Native American History and Archaeology

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A good write-up on the Caral-Supe civilization, which is one of the oldest in the world, not just the Americas:


www.ancient-wisdom.com/perucaral.htm

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Today is the 340th anniversary of the Battle of Turner's Falls. It was a turning point in the long and bloody "King Philip's War" that rocked New England:


frontierpartisans.com/7166/slaughter-turners-falls/

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Native Americans and USA Special Forces:


www.indianz.com/News/2015/018520.asp


They're overrepresented by about 4 to 1.

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David Yeagley, the "Native American Da Vinci" and descendant of Comanche chieftains:


www.badeagle.com/about-david-yeagley/

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Polynesian DNA (circa 1500AD) mysteriously found in the Botocudo tribe of Brazil:



hawaiiandna.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/botocudo-ancient-dna-sample-uploaded-on-gedmatch/

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The genomic history of Amerindians is becoming clearer...



westhunt.wordpress.com/2016/06/19/whos-on-first/

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The "Lost Pueblo" of El Cuartelejo:


www.kansassampler.org/8wonders/historyresults.php?id=297

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D-Day paratrooper, pro baseballer, actor, badass. David Bald Eagle has died. RIP.



frontierpartisans.com/7741/an-extraordinary-life/

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The mystery of the Nazca puquios may have been solved:


www.archaeology.org/news/4392-160419-peru-nazca-puquios

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Native Americans first domesticated the squash. Now, a variety extinct for centuries has been revived from ancient seeds:




news.artnet.com/art-world/extinct-squash-revived-370727

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From DNA etc, it now appears the first Americans bypassed Beringia upon entering the Americas:




www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/ancient-dna-suggests-first-americans-sidestepped-glaciers?utm_source=newsfromscience&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=youshallpass-6396

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The Snake Kings of the Maya:




www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/09/maya-empire-snake-kings-dynasty-mesoamerica/?source=homepage

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Tlacaelel was the mastermind of the Aztec Tiple Alliance. He also appears to have been the one to elevate Huiztilopochtli to supreme god and to have burned numerous pre-Aztec codices:



tcmam.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/the-aztec-amongst-aztecs/

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Native American "trail trees":



www.atlasobscura.com/articles/did-native-americans-bend-these-trees-to-mark-trails

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Jim Cornelius remembers Native American WWII hero and throwing artist extraordinaire, Skeeter "Grey Otter" Vaughan:


frontierpartisans.com/8080/grey-owl-never-missed/