The So-Called Myth of the Mound Builders Was

question 26

Multiple Choice

The so-called myth of the mound builders was:

• A) based on the belief that Native Americans had been incapable of building the monumental earthworks found in North America
• B) based on the memoirs of those on the de Soto expedition who maintained that the Indians knew nothing of mound construction
• C) based on the discovery of stone tablets in the mounds with characters derived from Old World alphabets
• D) all of the above

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