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4,500 YLAk8 AGO AND 1Hk|VLD IOk A
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C|V|l|8A1|ON8 OI NLAk8Y ML8OIO1AM|A.
Voooo|o Doro, too ooolo Vocou oI too Doou,
roIors to too Ioocs oocloot clty oow lo
orcoooololcol rclos ootltlou os worlu oorltoo.
lt ls ooo oI too lorost clty-sottlooots olso |oowo
os Ao Aocloot loucs volloy Votroolls. |ocou lo too
loucs volloy sltcotou lo too 8louo lrovloco oI lo|lstoo, too olstooco oI too clty uotos boc| to 200 C| wooo lt
wos ooo too oorly crboo cocoltlos oo |orto. Voooo|o Doro wos bcllt oo o llolstocooo rluo lo too Iloou
lolo oI loucs, oow bcrlou uco to Ilooulo.
A woll-loooou stroot rlu oou oo oloboroto urolooo systo olot toot too occcoots oI too oocloot loucs
clvlllsotloo clty oI Voooo|o Doro woro s|lllou crboo loooors wlto o rovorooco Ior too cootrol oI wotor. ct |cst
woo occclou too oocloot clty lo ouoro-uoy lo|lstoo ucrlo too tolru lllooolc .C. roolos o czzlo. Joo clty
loc|s ostoototlocs olocos, tolos, or oocoots. Jooro's oo obvlocs cootrol soot oI ovorooot or ovluooco oI o
|lo or gcooo. Vouosty, oruor, oou clooollooss woro oorootly roIorrou. lottory oou tools oI coor oou
stooo woro stoouorulzou. 8ools oou wolots scost o systo oI tlotly cootrollou trouo. Joo clty's woolto oou
stotcro ls ovluoot lo ortlIocts scco os lvory, lols, coroolloo, oou olu boous, os woll os too bo|ou-brlc| clty
strcctcros toosolvos. A wotortlot ool collou too Groot oto, orcoou oo to oI o ocou oI ulrt oou oolu lo
loco wlto wolls oI bo|ou brlc|, ls too closost strcctcro Voooo|o Doro oos to o tolo. lossool, o Notloool
Gooroolc rootoo, soys lt scosts oo luooloy bosou oo clooollooss. Wolls woro Iocou torocooct too clty,
oou ooorly ovory oocso cootoloou o botolo oroo oou urolooo systo.
C|1Y OI MOUND8
Arcoooololsts Ilrst vlsltou Voooo|o Doro lo l9ll. 8ovorol ocovotloos occcrrou lo too l920s toroco l93l.
8oll robos too| loco lo too l930s, oou scbsogcoot uls occcrrou lo l950 oou l9=. Joo oocloot clty slts oo
olovotou rocou lo too ouoro-uoy Lor|ooo ulstrlct oI 8louo rovloco lo lo|lstoo. Dcrlo lts ooyuoy Iro oboct
2500 to l900 .C. too clty wos ooo too ost lortoot to too loucs clvlllsotloo, lossool soys. lt sroou oct ovor
oboct 250 ocros (l00 ooctoros} oo o sorlos oI ocous, oou too Groot oto oou oo ossoclotou loro bcllulo
occclou too tollost ocou. Accorulo to uolvorslty oI Wlscooslo, Voulsoo, orcoooololst 1oootooo Vor|
koooyor, olso o Notloool Gooroolc rootoo, too ocous row oroolcolly ovor too cootcrlos os oolo |ot
bcllulo lotIors oou wolls Ior toolr oocsos. "Groucolly yoc oovo o olo roootory oo wolco oolo oro
llvlo," oo soys. Wlto oo ovluooco oI |los or gcooos, Voooo|o Doro wos ll|oly ovoroou os o clty-stoto, oroos
by oloctou oIIlclols or olltos Iro ooco oI too ocous.
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A lolotcro broozo stotcotto oI o ocuo Ioolo, |oowo os too uooclo lrl, wos colobrotou by orcoooololsts
wooo lt wos ulscovorou lo l92, koooyor ootos. OI rootor lotorost to ol, tooco, oro o Iow stooo sccltcros oI
sootou olo Ilcros, scco os too lotrlcotoly corvou oou colorou lrlost klo, so collou ovoo tooco tooro ls oo
ovluooco oo wos o rlost or |lo. Joo sccltcros woro oll Iocou bro|oo, koooyor soys. "Wooovor coo lo ot too
vory oou oI too loucs orlou cloorly uluo't ll|o too oolo woo woro rorosootlo toosolvos or toolr oluors," oo
soys. 1cst woot oouou too loucs clvlllsotloooou Voooo|o Dorols olso o ystory. koooyor scosts toot too
loucs klvor coooou cocrso, wolco woclu oovo ooorou too locol orlccltcrol ocoooy oou too clty's lortooco
os o cootor oI trouo. ct oo ovluooco olsts toot Ilooulo uostroyou too clty, oou too clty woso't totolly
oboouooou, koooyor soys. Aou, lossool soys, o cooolo rlvor cocrso uooso't ololo too colloso oI too ootlro
loucs clvlllsotloo. Jorocooct too volloy, too ccltcro coooou, oo soys. "lt roocoos soo |lou oI obvlocs
orcoooololcol Ircltloo oboct l900 .C.," oo solu. "Woot urlvos toot, oobouy |oows."




uoroo wos o clty lo too loucs clvlllsotloo toot Ilocrlsoou
orocou 200 to l700 C| lo too wostoro ort oI 8octo
Aslo.
C|1|L8 AND CON1LX1
Joo uorooos csou too soo slzo brlc|s oou
stoouorulsou wolots os woro csou lo otoor loucs cltlos
scco os Voooo|o Doro oou Doolovlro. Jooso cltlos woro
woll loooou wlto wluo stroots, cbllc oou rlvoto wolls,
urolos, botolo lotIors oou rosorvolrs. Ooo oI lts ost
woll-|oowo strcctcros ls too Groot oto oI Voooo|o Doro .
Jooro woro otoor ololy uovoloou ccltcros lo ou|ocoot
roloos oI olccolstoo, Cootrol Aslo oou oolosclor loulo.
Votorlol ccltcro oou too s|olotoos Iro too uoroo
cootory oou otoor sltos tostlIy to o cootlocol
lotorlollo oI cocoltlos Iro boto too wost oou too oost. uoroo wos sottlou boIoro woot wo
coll too oocloot loucs clvlllsotloo Ilocrlsoou, oou lt roolos o llvlo towo touoy.
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lo Ioct, tooro soos to oovo booo oootoor loro rlvor wolco roo orollol oou wost oI too loucs lo too
tolru oou Iocrto llloolc C|. Jols wos too oocloot 8oroswotl-Gooor-uo|ro klvor (wolco soo
scoolors ossocloto wlto too 8oroswotl klvor oI too k vouo}. lts lost boo|s oro slowly bolo trocou by
rosoorcoors. Aloo lts oow ury bou, orcoooololsts oro ulscovorlo o woolo oow sot oI oocloot towos
oou cltlos.
MLlUHHA
Aocloot Vosootoloo tots soo| oI troulo wlto ot loost two sooIorlo clvlllsotloos - Vooo oou
Volcooo - lo too ooloborooou oI 8octo Aslo lo too tolru lllooolc .C. Jols trouo wos cooucctou wlto
rool Iloooclol soolstlcotloo lo oocots toot coclu lovolvo toos oI coor. Joo Vosootoloos soo| oI
Volcooo os o loou oI ootlc cooultlos. A wluo vorloty oI ob|octs rouccou lo too loucs roloo oovo
booo Iocou ot sltos lo Vosootolo. Jols slto tolls too story oI too oocloot loucs Clvlllsotloo toroco too
worus oou ootoroos oI too worlu's looulo scoolors lo too u8, |croo, loulo oou lo|lstoo. lt storts
wlto too ro-ulscovory oI uoroo lo too oorly l9to cootcry by too oloror Coorlos Vossoo oou lotor
Alooouor croos, oou Iorolly by too orcoooololst 8lr Alooouor Ccoolooo lo too l870's. Jols
wor| lou to too too Ilrst ocovotloos lo too oorly 20to cootcry ot uoroo by kol oooucr Doyo ko
8oool, oou by k.D. ooor|l ot oootoor loucs Clvlllsotloo clty, Voooo|o Doro .
HAkI AND |ND|AN LXCAVA1|ON8
8loco l98, too |olot lo|lstool Aorlcoo uoroo Arcoooololcol kosoorco lro|oct (uAkl} oos booo
corrylo oct too Ilrst o|or ocovotloos ot too slto sloco boIoro louooouooco lo l9=. Jooso
ocovotloos oovo too soowo uoroo to oovo booo Ior loror tooo ooco toocot, oroos scortlo
o oclotloo oI 50,000 ot cortolo orlous. Jooso cootloclo ocovotloos oro rowrltlo ossctloos
oboct too loucs Clvlllsotloo, os ls rocoot wor| by orcoooololsts lo ooloborlo loulo. Now Iocts, ob|octs
oou oolos oI wrltlo oro bolo ulscovorou ovory yoor lo loulo oou lo|lstoo.