Racist attitudes still contaminate conversations about First Nations peoples in the Western Hemisphere before the time of the extermination. Massive cities with complex social structures sprawled around archeological marvels. Contrary to popular belief, they were not dirt eating savages.
Archeologists expanded our understanding of the sophistication of the America's First Nation people this week. In Mexico found an underground water tunnel, about two feet in length, beneath a tomb.
"Archaeologists at the Mayan ruin site of Palenque said Monday they have discovered an underground water tunnel built under the Temple of Inscriptions, which houses the tomb of an ancient ruler named Pakal." (From AP reporter Mark Stevenson)
Archeologists on the project believe it may be a way for the spirit of Pakal to escape and enter the spirit world.
Read Stevenson's article here.
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