The Myth of a Lost Mound Builder Race

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In this episode, I tackle a topic that I have already edged around in several different episodes: the myth that the ancient earthworks of America were not built by Native Americans but rather by some lost "superior" race. Pledge support on Patreon for ad-free episodes and exclusive content. Read The Mound Builder Myth by Jason Colavito. Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! And check out the show merch! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode is copyright Alex Kish. Contact him at alexkishmusic.com to get music for your own projects. Other music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," "Evermore," "Wake Up," "Brooks," "daemones," "modum," "daesalus," "Oneiri," and "Mercy," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). Additional Music: "Maestro Tlakaelel" by Jesse Gallagher, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.7	The first European explorers and settlers to set foot in North America
1:26.2	during the 15th and 16th centuries, found many large
1:30.8	conical hills dotting the landscape of certain regions. During Hernando de Soto's expedition
1:37.7	across what is today the southeastern United States, he and his men passed by many of these
1:43.4	and believed them to be nothing more
1:45.6	than hills, but many others he saw in the midst of populous native cities, with temples
1:52.5	and the houses of chiefs built atop them, and he understood them to be man-made. By the time
1:59.6	of French and English exploration and settlement, after De Soto's expedition
2:04.3	had decimated indigenous populations by introducing European disease, the cities too had disappeared,
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