Oldest ritual in the world? - Ep 270

First up this week we look at one more reason why Cahokia wasn’t all of a sudden abandoned the way researchers had once assumed. Then, excavations at a site in Lake George, NY may (or may not!) shed some light on a 1700’s era Smallpox hospital. And finally, is it possible that a ritual has been passed down 12,000 years? New evidence in Australia suggests it is!
Links
• Archaeologists dispute theory of largest Native American city's abandonment (newsweek.com/archaeologists-dispute-theory-lar…)
• In Lake George, they're sifting through history (timesunion.com/news/article/lake-george-siftin…)
• 12,000-year-old ritual passed down 500 generations may be world’s oldest (cnn.com/2024/07/04/science/worlds-oldest-ritua…)
• Archaeological evidence of an ethnographically documented Australian Aboriginal ritual dated to the last ice age (nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01912-w)
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