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Re:The Ancient Japanese Technique That Produces Lumber Witho... by stryan on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @10:31AM (#33720398)
> That's just factually incorrect. The largest pre-colonization city in the US was a piddling 20,000

FYI, Cahokia was thought to have had a population up to 40,000 around the (IIRC) 11th around Illionis.

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Re:The Ancient Japanese Technique That Produces Lumber Witho... by ElevenLathe on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @11:09AM (#33720983)
For reference, Cahokia was roughly sited at present-day St. Louis.
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Re:The Ancient Japanese Technique That Produces Lumber Witho... by eloff on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @01:55PM (#33723149)
That's the city I was referring to. The estimates I saw said 20k, so it depends what estimates you look at. It's still very small compared to other major cities of the time.
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