Nathanael Fosaaen | Molluscan Necropolis: The Archaeology of Shell Mounds @NathanaelFosaaen | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
While human remains appear in this video, none of them are of Indigenous American individuals.

Archaic peoples of the Middle Tennessee and Ohio River Valleys build monumental structures not of earth or stone, but of molluscan shells, especially those of the Freshwater Mussel species that are prevalent to these waters. Elaborate consecration rites were practiced there, involving complex burials and exotic trade goods.

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Further Reading:
Claassen, Cheryl. 2010.
Feasting with Shellfish in the Southern Ohio Valley:
Archaic Sacred Sites and Rituals.

Sanger, Matthew C. 2010
Leaving the Rings: Shell Ring Abandonment and the End of the Late Archaic.
In Trend, Tradition, and Turmoil: What Happened to the Southeastern Archaic?


Previous videos referenced

Archaeological Time Periods: youtu.be/7X_3vCcISKs

Abandonment and Re-Settlement: youtu.be/YVCDVgWAosQ

Poverty Point: youtu.be/9I67yaJPKTA