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We have reached peak archaeology. (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

We may have reached peak archaeology now, but human society peaked around A.D. 550 in Mexico

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (10 children)

They say that Native Americans never developed the wheel. They clearly did. For sick dog skateboard tricks.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Yeah, it kinda makes you wonder... they clearly knew but AFAIK didn't bother using it for anything but such toys.

[–] bunnyknuckles 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most American natives devolped their societies without much need for the wheel in a similar way that most European's societies devoloped without much need for kayaks or river travel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I disagree about river travel. In Europe, rafts were more common because of the large animals. It's nearly impossible to cross the Seine with a horse in a canoe. But on a raft, you can do it. Entire civilizations migrated using major rivers in Europe, on rafts. And later, barges. Pretty much every major city is built on a river for a reason.

Hell, they'd cut the trees down on the river banks on either side and lash ropes to horses walking on either bank and pull things upstream that way. Huge things.

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