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6 results for "Adena"

M_5_18 Verified Forbidden Archaeology

M_5_18 — Mound Builders: Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian, and the Erasure of Indigenous Achievement

The "Mound Builders" refers to the diverse Indigenous North American cultures that constructed elaborate earthen mounds across eastern North America from approximately 3700 BCE (Watson Brake, Louisiana) through European

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M_4_05 Forbidden Archaeology

M_4_05 — Giant Claims, Skeletal Evidence, and the Mound Builder Debate

Claims of giant human skeletons unearthed in the Americas constitute one of the most persistent themes in forbidden archaeology and popular alternative history. Hundreds of 19th-century newspaper accounts report discover

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D_3_22 Verified Sites & Artifacts

D_3_22 — Great Serpent Mound: Astronomical Analysis and Cultural Context

The Great Serpent Mound is a 411-meter-long (1,348 ft) serpentine effigy earthwork in Adams County, Ohio, situated on a plateau overlooking Brush Creek — the largest surviving effigy mound in the world. The mound takes t

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D_3_01 Sites & Artifacts

D_3_01 — Serpent Mound & Effigy Mounds

The Great Serpent Mound in Adams County, Ohio is the largest surviving effigy mound in the world at 1,348 feet (411 m), depicting a sinuous serpent with seven undulating curves and an egg-shaped feature at its head. It c

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H_4_14 Credible Suppression & Thesis

H_4_14 — The Smithsonian Controversy — Giant Claims and Institutional Response

The claim that the Smithsonian Institution has systematically suppressed evidence of giant human skeletons — allegedly found in 19th-century mound excavations across the American Midwest and East — is one of the most per

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F_2_13 Credible Lost Connections

F_2_13 — Copper Trade Networks: Great Lakes to Mediterranean

The Great Lakes copper deposits — particularly the vast deposits of native (naturally pure) copper on the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale of Michigan's Upper Peninsula — represent one of the world's most remarkable mi

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