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“the flimsiest evidence dug out of the ground will be used by an archaeologist to dream up any number of Marxist fantasies.”

I visited an ancient American Indian dwelling on top of a mesa in Arizona. To get to the top you had to inch along a path that was in places half as wide as my feet. (We weren’t allowed to go up as it was too dangerous.) Every bit of firewood, food and water had to go up this path or be hoisted up. You can imagine how many people died on the way up or down. There was a bronze plaque stating, “Obviously, these people lived up here because of the gorgeous view.” We laughed our asses off.

At a nearby museum were human bones with cut marks indicative of cannibalism. Yeah, they lived up there for the view...sure.

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"Every bit of firewood, food and water had to go up this path or be hoisted up."

I had the very same thought when I was at Mesa Verde, but the park ranger dude insisted that living on a cliff face freed up more agricultural space on top of the mesa. And whatever you do, don't use the word "Anasazi."

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The book War Before Civilization, shows how the hiding of evidence of warfare was epidemic in Archeologists.

Here is a good snapshot of aboriginal life in Australia, before the Europeans came. Book Review of The Red Chief by Ion L. Idriess

Book review of The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico. First hand account by Bernal Diaz.