Actually the Indians of the Americas did have writing, at least the Aztecs and the Mayas. Their books were burned except a few that still exist in Spanish archives. I just saw an interesting show on PBS about the Maya. Their stone writing still exists as does writing on ceramic objects. I know a lot less about the Inca culture.
True that. I forgot about the Aztecs. It’d be neat if we had a way to see what killed of the Hopewells 1500 years ago (during the Dark Age cooling period).