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re: LSU Indian Mounds oldest in North America
Posted on 8/23/22 at 8:46 am to The Boat
Posted on 8/23/22 at 8:46 am to The Boat
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That’s from 1941. Says it right on the picture and on the Louisiana Digital Library site.
You got me, nice sleuthing my man!
That said, are you suggesting that there are no pictures because the mounds did not exist prior to 1928?
If so, my question for you is why would there have been?
Construction of the present campus did not begin until 1922. At this time, the building site was located in a rural area away from the city that was completely undeveloped.
Just spitballing here, but at the time the campus was being built-
-Were the mounds covered with overgrowth and unrecognizable or in the alternative just thought of as being two hills situated next to each other?
-If in general it was not common knowledge as to their significance, why would they have been photographed, especially at a time when owning a camera was a luxury?
This post was edited on 8/23/22 at 8:50 am
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Posted on 8/23/22 at 9:49 am to cyarrr
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-Were the mounds covered with overgrowth and unrecognizable or in the alternative just thought of as being two hills situated next to each other?
They may have been covered in overgrowth, but I would think in 1922 most people had a general understanding of the fact that "Indian" mounds existed throughout much of the country.
But I think your point is probably well taken otherwise. They wouldn't have been noteworthy enough in a rural area that people would be going out of their way to photograph them.
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