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Sauls Mound is arranged so that its corners are arranged in the four cardinal directions. It is believed to have some ceremonial function, and likely has a central role in the Woodland People's religious cosmology. Pinson Mounds State Archeological...

Animal husbandry is commonly defined as a branch of agriculture dealing with the domestication, breeding, and rearing of animals for various purposes including labor (as in the case of large animals), a food source, protection, and companionship...

Timothy R. Pauketat is an American archaeologist, director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, the Illinois State Archaeologist, and professor of anthropology and medieval studies at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana...

In Scandinavia, Christianity spread due to the support and encouragement of political rulers at the top of the society above all else. Conversion, defined here as the actions taken by kings or clerics to introduce the new religion, did not...

Ireland is filled with historical sites and monuments. The 'Emerald Isle' always has something new in store for those who venture there and are eager to learn about its fascinating past. Many sites have a mystical past told through legends...

The idea that it was the Norse who discovered America first emerged in the late 18th century, long before there was any public awareness of the sagas on which such claims were based. In the course of the 19th century, evidence for a Norse...

Semiramis is the semi-divine Warrior-Queen of Assyria, whose reign is most clearly documented by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (l. 90-30 BCE) in his great work Bibliotheca Historica ("Historical Library") written over thirty years...

To climatologists, the period of seven to twelve centuries ago was known as a "Climate Anomaly" or a "Warm Period" (800-1300 CE). To archaeologists, it was a time of great change, a period when cultural patterns were put into place that lasted...

In this video, we visit the ancient Mississippian mound site at Etowah, Georgia. This site was occupied from approximately 1000-1550 and features ancient mounds, a reconstructed hut, a riverside park, and a museum with incredible artifacts...

Statues from the Etowah Native American prehistoric site in Georgia, USA. The statues are thought to represent the spirits of one's ancestors as ancestor worship seems to have been a part of religious ritual at the site which flourished c...