What Doomed a Sprawling City Near St. Louis 1k Years Ago?

Re:What Doomed a Sprawling City Near St. Louis 1k Years Ago? by Loughla on Monday April 26, 2021 @11:56AM (#26943964)

>So my take away is the State of Illinois is actively dissuading research that could provide more insight to who lived there and what actually became of them and anyone who tries to prove otherwise is booted out of the conversation.

That's literally what they do, though. They employ a shit-load of experts there to figure out who lived there, what they did, and why they left/what happened to them. STL NPR just ran an interview with the scientist identified in this article about this literal thing.

I guess, what I'm saying is that if they're trying to engage in a cover-up, they're doing a terrible job.

Also, if a random tourist can put together the pieces, what are the chances that scientists haven't evaluated it? Maybe, if they say no, it is just because there was no substantive connection? Why does everything have to be a conspiracy?

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Re:What Doomed a Sprawling City Near St. Louis 1k Years Ago? by AlotOfReading on Monday April 26, 2021 @12:08PM (#26944158)

They did. There was a period of about a hundred years where "archaeologists" basically ascribed any particularly large sites in North America to the toltecs or other mesoamerican elites. Such a confused person is how Toltec mounds got its name. These days such a suggestion would be considered along the same lines as a racist version of geocentrism, which is probably why they felt brushed off.

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