[Aztlan] Shawnee Lookout Discoveries

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

University of Cincinnati students, digging at Shawnee Lookout Park,  
have located a new mound and a rare pottery kiln and large dwellings.  
Earthworks have been uncovered on the perimeter stretching 4 miles in  
length. They may be uncovering the oldest continuously occupied  
hilltop Native American site in the US. The Hopewell lived at the site  
2000 years ago and may be directly linked to the Shawnee who were  
living there up to 300 years ago. It appears that there are far more  
sites at the Lookout than previously believed. The Fort Ancient site  
is 40 miles away but does not appear to have the same continuous  
occupation. Both the Fort Ancient and Hopewell resided at Shawnee  
Lookout. They are finding Hopewell refuse overlaid by Shawnee refuse  
and some of the earthworks are Shawnee continuations of Hopewell work.  
The DNA of modern Shawnee peoples are being investigated to see  
connections with the Hopewell.

Science Blog has the story here;
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/ancient-connection-new-evidence-points-shawnee-lookout-oldest-continuously-occupied-site-24769.html

A tiny URL;
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Mike Ruggeri's Mississippians and Mound Builders including the Adena  
and Hopewell
http://tinyurl.com/276d8z

Mike Ruggeri's Moundbuilders/Ancient Southwest News and Links
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