@FlintDibble @histodons @antiquidons @archaeodons Well done even if it does bury the lede!

"Like many forms of pseudo archaeology,, these claims act to reinforce white supremacist ideas, stripping Indigenous people of their rich heritage and instead giving credit to aliens or white people.
Hancock even cites Donnelly directly in his 1995 book Fingerprints of the Gods"

@resipiscent @FlintDibble @histodons @antiquidons @archaeodons

I was just about to attempt to write some variation of this but you said it perfectly!

@Karafortier @resipiscent @FlintDibble @histodons @antiquidons @archaeodons

Something I find annoying is when the descendants of advanced ancient civilizations are stripped of their heritage....as if there are no descendants of the Aztecs or the Mayans for example.

Somehow we are taught as children that those people "disappeared" into the historical mist. The word "disappeared" gets used a lot. That somehow these impressive ancients and the people living there now are completely different.

@als355 @Karafortier @resipiscent @FlintDibble @histodons @antiquidons @archaeodons

yes, exactly. I asked my (85% Mexican American) students a couple of weeks ago how many of them had learned that the Maya “disappeared” and nearly all of them raised their hands.

@als355 @Karafortier @resipiscent @FlintDibble @histodons @antiquidons @archaeodons

Also, can I plug this new open source Nahuatl language material? Not mine, but it’s definitely going into my world history course.

https://tlahtolli.coerll.utexas.edu