Earlier
in our trip we stopped at Kolomoki Mounds in Georgia (http://tandtrv.blogspot.com/2011/10/yankee-perspective.html
). These mounds were made at a similar
time and by associated people. Some
people (not necessarily main-stream archeologists) believe both sites were designed by
Mayans who had escaped from Mesoamerica.
The belief is that the shape is similar to Mayan temples. In addition, some of the symbols on pottery are similar to Mayan
themes and the movement of corn into the area from Mayan Central America
occurred at the same time. Interesting
thought!
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Mayan Pyramids in the US
Today
we stopped at Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park where the
highest Indian Mounds of Florida are located.
The
large mound is now covered with trees and wasn’t identified as an Indian mound until 1975! Since then scientists have done selective
digs and used ground penetrating radar to map the area.
The complex is interesting. There
is one large mound, but with several smaller mounds located in the surrounding
land. Apparently there used to be over
20 smaller mounds but many of them were leveled in farming the land over the years. The small mounds are subtle swells and only 2 – 3’ high.
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