April 11, 2010 Estanko Brothers and Sisters! In early March the National Edition of Examiner.com began publishing a series of illustrated articles on Native American communities and towns. Beginning with Watsons Brake, LA (3500 BC) the articles are generally moving forward chronologically, and will eventually cover all of the United States and Canada. There will also be some articles on sites in Mesoamerica that seem culturally linked to indigenous peoples in the Southeast and Southwest. The free articles are probably not technical enough to be terribly useful to professional archaeologists - with the exception of the Florida sites - but will provide a comprehensive base for teaching Native American history, culture and architecture. Approximately 45 articles have been published so far. The Examiner allows its articles to be distributed and reproduced without prior permission. The list of the currently published articles may be accessed at the following URL: _http://www.examiner.com/x-40598-Architecture--Design-Examiner_ (http://www.examiner.com/x-40598-Architecture--Design-Examiner) This is how the series happened. I was originally hired by the Examiner in February to write articles on Architecture & Design. The few people, who read them, gave favorable responses, but it was obvious that Americans are just not interested in architecture these days. Elsewhere in the world, the professional title of architect is one of the most respected careers. Today in the USA, it guaranties automatic approval for food stamps! In frustration, I wrote a simple article on Indian mounds. The next day it was the number one rated Examiner article in the nation! The editors authorized me to shift to articles on Native American culture with a national focus. Most have been ranked in the top ten readership for that day, since then. Several have been number one. About Florida For unknown reasons, archaeological studies of the region in Georgia, Alabama and Florida from Ocmulgee National Monument southward seem to be currently beyond the radar range of most archaeological publications and web sites these days. Some brilliant work has been done by archaeologists in this region. Their findings affect the interpretation of sites in other regions. Although the Examiner articles lack technical details or bibliographies needed by professional archaeologists and historians, they still will introduce the readers to a taste of what is being discovered in the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast Region. Have a blessed day! Richard Thornton, Editor PS: Grannies! I am actually being paid to write these here days.

Richard, Thanks for the information. I look forward to following this series. Dot Hope Gainesville, FL At 12:15 PM 4/11/2010 -0400, you wrote: > > >April 11, 2010 > >Estanko Brothers and Sisters! > >In early March the National Edition of Examiner.com began publishing a >series of illustrated articles on Native American communities and towns. >Beginning with Watsons Brake, LA (3500 BC) the articles are generally moving >forward chronologically, and will eventually cover all of the United States >and Canada. There will also be some articles on sites in Mesoamerica that >seem culturally linked to indigenous peoples in the Southeast and Southwest. > >The free articles are probably not technical enough to be terribly useful >to professional archaeologists - with the exception of the Florida sites - >but will provide a comprehensive base for teaching Native American history, >culture and architecture. Approximately 45 articles have been published >so far. The Examiner allows its articles to be distributed and reproduced >without prior permission. The list of the currently published articles may >be accessed at the following URL: > >_http://www.examiner.com/x-40598-Architecture--Design-Examiner_ >(http://www.examiner.com/x-40598-Architecture--Design-Examiner) > >This is how the series happened. I was originally hired by the Examiner >in February to write articles on Architecture & Design. The few people, who >read them, gave favorable responses, but it was obvious that Americans are >just not interested in architecture these days. Elsewhere in the world, >the professional title of architect is one of the most respected careers. >Today in the USA, it guaranties automatic approval for food stamps! In >frustration, I wrote a simple article on Indian mounds. The next day it >was the >number one rated Examiner article in the nation! The editors authorized >me to shift to articles on Native American culture with a national focus. >Most have been ranked in the top ten readership for that day, since then. >Several have been number one. > >About Florida > >For unknown reasons, archaeological studies of the region in Georgia, >Alabama and Florida from Ocmulgee National Monument southward seem to be >currently beyond the radar range of most archaeological publications and web >sites these days. Some brilliant work has been done by archaeologists >in this >region. Their findings affect the interpretation of sites in other regions. > Although the Examiner articles lack technical details or bibliographies >needed by professional archaeologists and historians, they still will >introduce the readers to a taste of what is being discovered in the South >Atlantic and Gulf Coast Region. > >Have a blessed day! > >Richard Thornton, Editor > >PS: Grannies! I am actually being paid to write these here days. > > >Notes on the Creek Indians >http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creeknotes/index.htm > >Early Creek History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creek/early-history/ > >Migration Legend of the Creek Indians >http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/creek/migration/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >CREEK-SOUTHEAST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message