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Quest for Georgia's Native Americans | Part 2: Macon, GA

Around 900 AD, Native Americans in Georgia began constructing a series of towns consisting of enormous earthen pyramids. The largest of these...

Georgia's mountains conceal ruins of ancient gold miners

The rugged terrain and thick vegetation in the gold-bearing mountains of northern Georgia contain a little known architectural heritage of Native...

These Native American tribes flew right under the archaeologists' radar

A reader, who is a university anthropology professor, wrote the Examiner with a question concerning the Native American history of the State of...

Eastern Blackfoot and Western Blackfeet were different tribes

A reader from Atlanta, GA wrote the Examiner concerning the Eastern Blackfoot tribe.Mr. Thornton: I am from Dayton, Ohio. I moved down to Atlanta...

Southern Siouans were devasted by English colonization

A reader from Richmond, VA wrote the Examiner to ask for an explanation of the term “Southern Siouan.”Richard: Your articles are really...

Did Maya colonists settle in the Ohio Valley?

A reader from Cincinnati wrote the Examiner with this question about the ancient stone ruins in the Ohio River Valley:Mr. Thornton, I stumbled upon...

Yamasee Indians almost destroyed Colony of South Carolina

A reader from Charleston, SC wrote the Examiner with this question about Native American history:Dear Mr. Thornton: In a Southern Colonial History...

Second complex of ancient stone terraces identifed in Southeast

A professional photographer has documented ancient stone-walled terraces, stone cairns and the apparent ruins of structures on publicly owned land....