Sounds like super over-hyped.
No one ever denied there were civilizations here before Europeans arrived. But they say we’ll have to abandon our “Eurocentric” view of history?
It’s a strange way of putting it. As far as I know, no one has ever said any of the oldest civilizations were European. This discovery may push back the time of the oldest in the New World, but the oldest are still the same ones as always.
Exactly what I was going to say. How stupid.
Oh, by the way, Kennewick Man.
Yep “urban planners”, give me a physical break! How about slave driving, bloodthirsty, pagan tyrants?
“But they say we’ll have to abandon our “Eurocentric” view of history?”
Yes. Our “Eurocentric” view of history has always lauded previous non-European civilizations.
And if one is buried in jungle growth and it takes modern sensors to find it, that does not mean an “Eurocentric” view of history covered it over.
A few years ago, I bought a much heralded biography of Andrew Jackson. Opened it and was astonished to see that it was written from the viewpoint that Jackson was a white supremacist. I put it down and never finished it.
It turns out that Jackson wanted to perpetuate the American people, and that is now considered racist.