[broadsword]

"There was a real functioning civilization here when the Europeans began to come here en masse, but the proof has been virtually destroyed. And all of a sudden we are finding the proof."

LOL! How is tribal, stone-age hunting and gathering a CIVILIZATION? That word is way over-used.

[SteveH]

LOL! How is tribal, stone-age hunting and gathering a CIVILIZATION? That word is way over-used.

Journalistic license, as applied to the science of archaeology?

[mamelukesabre]

No kidding. I have basically the same reaction whenever I read some NEW IMPORTANT DISCOVERY that supposedly proves native americans were way more superior than we ever imagined.

They never even invented the wheel. no written language, no musical instruments(drums and rattles don't count), no metal crafts, no sailing vessels, textiles included animal skins and not much else....How's that for an advanced "civilization".