Post by waganari on Sept 7, 2014 13:43:15 GMT -5
A couple of interesting archaeological blogs dealing with the early historic American Indian testimony about the ancient earthworks of eastern North America and the conclusion that the indigenous peoples living in this region in the 18th and early 19th centuries actually knew little about them.
www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2014/08/24/indigenous-people-knew-little-about-vast-ancient-american-earthworks.html
apps.ohiohistory.org/ohioarchaeology/american-indian-oral-traditions-and-ohios-earthworks/
On the second link a reader, compiling ethnohistoric sources on plants for an ethnobotany course, referred to a book called: History of the Catholic missions among the Indian tribes of the United States, 1529-1854″ by John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892). The book with only 500 pages in it can be read online or be downloaded page for page. I don't know if the book is already mentioned elsewhere on the forum. If yes, then sorry. If not, then enjoy.
Waganari
www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2014/08/24/indigenous-people-knew-little-about-vast-ancient-american-earthworks.html
apps.ohiohistory.org/ohioarchaeology/american-indian-oral-traditions-and-ohios-earthworks/
On the second link a reader, compiling ethnohistoric sources on plants for an ethnobotany course, referred to a book called: History of the Catholic missions among the Indian tribes of the United States, 1529-1854″ by John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892). The book with only 500 pages in it can be read online or be downloaded page for page. I don't know if the book is already mentioned elsewhere on the forum. If yes, then sorry. If not, then enjoy.
Waganari