Oldest Mound Site in North America? with Dr. Shane Miller and Dr. Jesse Tune - Ruins 126

On this episode of the podcast, Connor and David sit down and chat with veteran guests Drs. Jesse Tune and Shane Miller to discuss the recent LSE mounds paper.

They first dive into how Jesse and Shane have been on the show multiple times, and that they always have an educated and constructive conversation. Beginning with an overview of Southeastern archaeology and mound history, they then dive into the mounds. The hosts and guests discuss how the paper was published by geologists in a journal that isn’t known for archaeology. They also discuss how the dating and geology in the paper is a little odd.

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Transcripts

• Segment 1

• Segment 2

• Segment 3

Links

• The LSU campus mounds, with construction beginning at ∼11,000 BP, are the oldest known extant man-made structures in the Americas by Brooks B. Ellwood, Sophie Warny, Rebecca A. Hackworth, Suzanne H. Ellwood, Jonathan H. Tomkin, Samuel J. Bentley, Dewitt H. Braud and Geoffrey C. Clayton

• The American Southeast at the End of the Ice Age Edited by D. Shane Miller, Ashley M. Smallwood, and Jesse W. Tune

Literature Recommendations

• Early Platforms, Early Plazas: Exploring the Precursors to Mississippian Mound and Plaza Centers by Megan Kassabaum

• A History of Platform Mound Ceremonialism by Megan C. Kassabaum

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