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yoroshambo

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Cyrus Thomas contributed to dispelling the Myth of the Moundbuilders by:
 
  a. Supporting Squier's and Davis's conclusions.
  b. Scientifically evaluating previous claims and concluding that the Native Americans had indeed built the mounds.
  c. Demonstrating once and for all through the testing of multiple hypotheses that the Native Americans had not built the mounds.
  d. Collecting empirical data to test the idea that Moundbuilders were a lost race.
  e. .Participating in the Indian Wars

Question 2

The first scientific archaeologist in America who attempted to determine the identity of the Moundbuilders by actually excavating a mound was:
 
  a. Ephraim Squier
  b. Thomas Jefferson
  c. Cyrus Thomas
  d. John Wesley Powell
  e. J. D. Baldwin



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c





 

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