Serpent Mound, Wisconsin geoglyphs, Arizona pyramids and mounds (not talked about), Cahokia Mounds, Arizona canal system, ancient mining, and so many other aspects of the United States don't add up with the Amerindian people settled here. Now, if you go south into Mexico, Central America, and South America, the ancient mysteries get more and more impossible. Here in the US, there are ancient rock walls that were constructed for unknown reasons by unknown persons, but you know that the Smithsonian will say, the only ancients here were the tribes that existed when Europeans hit the shores.
FORT MOUNTAIN
Murray County, GA
Murray County, GA
When asked about the ancient 928-foot stone wall on Fort Mountain in Georgia, the Cherokee attributed it to an ancient people who were there before their tribe arrived. They called these them the moon-eyed people because they had large eyes sensitive to light and pale gray skin. They lived underground to avoid the sun and worked at night. (sounds like alien greys, huh?)
The stones were carried from the summit. Of course, with no explanation, we are prompted by "authorities" that it must have been built by Native Americans. The reason? I bet you can guess what archaeologists and the Smithsonian say when we find ancient things we can't explain - religious purposes.
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MOUNT CARBON
Armstrong Mountain, Fayette County, WV
This unusual construction involves a different style than usually seen, a series of prehistoric stone windrows (a long row or ridge).
Instead of the usual continuous wall, this contains loosely stacked rocks in curved or horseshoe-like configuration.
Sections of the walls are 20 feet wide and a few feet tall. Found in the late 1800s, the purpose and creators and reasons still baffle.
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EAST BAY WALLS
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
These dry stacked stone walls surround the San Francisco area and create yet another puzzle. Why? Who? When?
The stones are basketball-sized to boulder-sized sandstone. The walls are 1-3 feet tall. The wall isn't completely continuous with breaks in it, but it goes from San Jose to Berkeley. Believed to be built by ranchers or Mexicans in the 1800s (based on the age of the lichens).
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SAGE WALL
Montana
Standing 275 feet long and 24 feet high, this stone wall is perplexing. The Sage Mountain Center in Whitehall, Montana can try and explain it.
Found on private property in 1996. There are two theories on this rock wall - megalithic construction versus natural formation.
Geologists say that it is part of the boulder batholith and a natural breakdown of the quartz-filled granite.
Those who claim it's megalithic see the flat surfaces, tight joints, and knobs seen on ancient Peruvian megaliths. They also claim alignment with the solstices.
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The ancients, whomever they were, left mounds, pyramids, canals, mines, and stone walls all over the country. Native legends tell of these people being here before their people arrived to the land.
Somewhere outside of the Department of Ethnicity and its buddy, the Smithsonian Institute, some day I hope some true scientists not bought and paid for with university grants, actually give us the real numbers for how long people have inhabited the Americas, where they came from, who built what. The constant attribution of very ancient construct being a local tribe is not really cutting it anymore. Hey, at least they admitted the Aztecs moved in to Teotihuacan that was vacant of its builders and we all know Egyptians did not build the pyramids, the Mayans and Aztecs on the backs of prior cultures. The randomly named Toltecs, the Olmecs, and others such as the Paracas are mysteries we continually keep trying to pigeon hole into newer residents of the regions. Listening to ancient tribal legends, even Easter Island had first inhabitants called the "long eared people."
As always, I encourage my readers to continue their pursuit of mysteries that intrigue. Always, the goal is to open minds and insert wonder.