The Mound Builder Myth
The Mound Builder Myth
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The first book to chronicle the attempt to recast the Native American burial mounds as the work of a lost white race of “true” native Americans. Jason Colavito traces this monumental deception from the farthest reaches of the frontier to the halls of Congress, mapping a century-long conspiracy to fabricate and promote a false ancient history.
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The Mound Builder Myth by Jason Colavito
The first book to chronicle the attempt to recast the Native American burial mounds as the work of a lost white race of true native Americans. Jason Colavito traces this monumental deception from the farthest reaches of the frontier to the halls of Congress, mapping a century-long conspiracy to fabricate and promote a false ancient history.
Jason Colavito explains how the myth of a 'lost white race' as the builders of North America's earthen mounds has survived for so long and still resonates with those Americans willing to believe in conspiracy theories or racial superiorityThe Mound Builder Myth shows that the battle between science and superstition never ends."" - David La Vere, author of Looting Spiro Mounds: An American King Tut's Tomb
Author and editor Jason Colavito researches and writes on the connections between science, pseudoscience, religion, and speculative fiction. He is the author of Jason and the Argonauts through the Ages and The Cult of Alien Gods: H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture. In his blog at jasoncolavito.com, he continues his exploration of the way human beings create and employ the supernatural to alter and understand our reality and our world.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780806164618 |
| ISBN 10 | 0806164611 |
| Title | The Mound Builder Myth |
| Author | Jason Colavito |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Year published | 2020-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 402 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |