Dozens of small, fiber-wrapped bundles discovered in a cave in Arizona have been found to contain wild tobacco, the first scientific evidence suggesting that Ancestral Puebloans of the prehistoric Southwest…
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Infamous Mass Grave of Young Women in Ancient City of Cahokia Also Holds Men: Study
The scene, discovered by archaeologists in Illinois more than 40 years ago, depicts one of the most extravagant acts of violence ever documented in ancient America: A thousand-year-old pit found…
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Prehistoric Feces Yield Clues to Diet of Ancestral Puebloans in Arizona
Native Americans suffer the highest rates of diabetes in the United States — 16 percent, more than twice the average among Anglos. For decades, scientists have thought this modern health…
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