Teen Accidentally Helps Discover Lost 16th-Century Civilization in Kansas

New York Post ^ | April 18, 2017 | Natalie O'Neill

[nickcarraway]

A long lost 16th century civilization has been unearthed in rural Kansas — all thanks to a plucky teen who helped archaeologists confirm the incredible discovery.

The metropolis — where up to 20,000 Wichita Indians once lived — was discovered in Arkansas City, in the south-central part of the state, when a high school boy found a cannon ball that tipped off the experts that their long-held suspicions about the existence of Etzanoa were correct, the Kansas City Star reported.

The city, whose name means “The Great Settlement,” is believed to be the second-largest Native American city in the US and was the site of a battle between Spanish explorers and Indian warriors in 1601.

[Deplorable American1776]

Interesting...

[jmaroneps37]

Did they find “Gore Lieberman” absentee ballots from Florida in the dig?

[Twinkie]

Husband has a Civil War cannonball on a shelf in our
living room.

Can someone tell me if it is still capable of exploding?

:o(

[Red Badger]

http://www.postandcourier.com/archives/is-old-cannonball-a-curiosity-or-dangerous-explosive/article_8c16de0b-1692-5d17-9202-f4dd20ef5d7b.html

[odawg]

I read that just before the Europeans explorers came, there was a great die off of Indians in the Northern and Southern hemisphere due to disease, corresponding roughly to the plagues in Europe that killed half the population.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Small Cannon ball means “Grape Shot”—Turns a cannon into a super shotgun. That would really shock natives who knew nothing of firearms. No wonder they fled a “Whiff of Grapeshot”.

[myerson]

I’ll bet its just an old ball bearing.

[zeestephen]

Re: Current Teachings

Since at least the 1960s, there has been a general academic silence about Native American slave owners.

At one point before the American Civil War, Native Americans and Free Blacks owned more slaves in Louisiana than white people did!

[zeestephen]

Thanks for the link.

It’s always interesting to me how researchers get so consumed with historical details that are essentially unknown to the general public.

Over the last thousand years, the British have definitely led the world in curated archives.

[zot]

Thanks for the ping. Very interesting. Arkansas City, Kansas, is a few miles north of Ponca City, Oklahoma. Desoto was in Helena, Arkansas for awhile.

[husky ed]

Of course your right. I was just stating what else is half inch lead. Also who's to say when it was fired. As you can't carbon date lead.

Ed

[Rastus]

I can point them to some other 16th century enclaves. Dearborn. London.