tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post805298319795268884..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Cahokia MoundsClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-87041266076363460822018-05-01T10:16:29.719-06:002018-05-01T10:16:29.719-06:00Jeff: European diseases did enormous damage, but c...Jeff: European diseases did enormous damage, but could not have collapsed them in 1300.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-3871908390819419482018-05-01T08:08:06.421-06:002018-05-01T08:08:06.421-06:00FWIW - I've never been to Cahokia, but I visit...FWIW - I've never been to Cahokia, but I visited Dickson Mounds, in Lewiston IL, back before the lawsuits forced them to close.jdegehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495457567906071678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-52445306222876599522018-05-01T08:06:03.148-06:002018-05-01T08:06:03.148-06:00My comment was with respect to this notion:
"...My comment was with respect to this notion:<br /><br />"The Mississipian culture that built them flourished during the Medieval Climate Optimum when grain grew plentifully enough to allow a large centralized state, before the Little Ice Age ended it."<br /><br />I'd thought it was pretty settled that it was European diseases that destroyed the Mississippian cities, not climate change.<br />jdegehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495457567906071678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-10444018824304919592018-04-30T08:09:51.085-06:002018-04-30T08:09:51.085-06:00I am hoping this is sarcasm. Both diseases are pa...I am hoping this is sarcasm. Both diseases are part of the Columbian exchange (you give us potatoes and corn; we give you steel, smallpox, and measles). This culture is over by 1300.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-36870160985716002942018-04-30T06:53:08.420-06:002018-04-30T06:53:08.420-06:00I'd always thought it was smallpox and measles...I'd always thought it was smallpox and measles that killed them off.jdegehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495457567906071678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-22575082209719381482018-04-29T14:42:56.022-06:002018-04-29T14:42:56.022-06:00There are similar mounds in Macon, GA, at the Ocmu...There are similar mounds in Macon, GA, at the Ocmulgee National Monument. Construction of the mounds is very similar with baskets of dirt brought in from all over the region. This site was also a trading site with the colonists and regional tribes.<br /><br />And, in Cartersville, GA there are the Etowah Indian mounds.<br /><br />I'm sure there are more.smnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473190824675579810noreply@blogger.com