“was among the most sophisticated and technologically advanced places in the world” and was developing “many of the political, technological and ideological signs of civilization.”
And then they probably got a shiny new charismatic leader who promised a lot of hopey changey stuff
I wonder what archaeologists some thousands of years from now will wonder about us?
“But excavations have yet to turn up definitive evidence of palaces, temples or large civic buildings. Archaeologists concluded that rituals of belief seemed to be practiced in the homes, where cultic artifacts have been found.”
Limited government, how ‘bout that.
Anyhoo, my vote is that these here folks was the Firbolg.