Experts trace Mississippian origins to Mayan Mexico
Cahokia’s ‘Big Bang’ was ignited by a Mexican wick
Preface
To show how times have changed, an essay by Richard W. Yerkes published in the Journal of World Prehistory in September 1988 stated, “A Mesoamerican origin of the Mississippian tradition (Caldwell, Kelly, Lathrap, Porter and Stoltman) cannot be supported with the archaeological data that are currently available.”
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