Talk:Watson Brake

in depth publications on Watson Brake
Hi, this article lacks information from more in depth publications. I could provide any interested Wikipedian with copies of the two science articles of 1997 and the full publication of the site in American Antiquity of 2005 by Joe Saunders. If anyone is interested, send me a Wiki-mail. rgds --h-stt !?  12:25, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I repeat my offer regarding the original publication by Saunders et al. in American Antiquity: Joe W. Saunders, Rolfe D. Mandel, et al.: Watson Brake, a Middle Archaic Mound Complex in Northeast Louisiana. In: American Antiquity, Vol. 70, No. 4 (October 2005), pages 631-668 and I can recommend Jon L. Gibson, Philip J. Carr (Hrsg.): Signs of Power – The Rise of Cultural Complexity in the Southeast. University of Alabama Press, 2004, ISBN 0-8173-1391-5 with several articles that refer to Watson Break. Right now this article is lacking lots of information on the site. rgds --h-stt !?  16:22, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Editing needed
"Watson Brake is considered the earliest mound complex in North America. . . . In the Americas, mound building started at an early date, well before the pyramids of Egypt were constructed." Watson Brake is dated -- according to this Wik article -- a few hundred years later (not earlier) than the dates for Pharaoh Djoser ( "radiocarbon dates now indicate that Djoser's reign began sometime between 2691 to 2625 BC" ). So, what is the justification of the claim of earlier mound-building? If it is based on the complexity of Watson Brake, then this as a logical conclusion is 1) dubious and 2) in need of being stated explicitly. If it is based on mound-building else-where in the Americas (i.e., South America), the tenuous connection to Watson Brake and the comparison to Egyptian construction dates needs to be spelled out or cut out.Kdammers (talk) 00:06, 5 July 2011 (UTC)