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Appreciation post: that park ranger who corrected my burial mound theory
Overheard a ranger at Cahokia Mounds tell a kid those aren't 'random hills' and it made me realize how easy it is to project modern ideas onto ancient stuff, so I spent the next hour actually reading the placards instead of just snapping photos - anyone else had their assumptions wrecked by a simple sign or comment?
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rowan_kelly641mo ago
Yeah, those aren't 'random hills'... my friend thought the same thing at someplace in Colorado, said they were just old mining piles. A ranger overheard and started explaining how they were actually ancient ceremonial sites. He was so embarrassed he didn't take any pictures the rest of the trip.
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