How did they find out the Hopewell Mounds were burial mounds?? (Lewiston Mound specifically)
Hello!
I have just hit a dead end with Google but it is still driving me nuts. I am interested in the Lewiston Mound but there is so little information available... I guess the main thing I am curious about is HOW it was discovered as a Hopewell Mound? It is an incredibly remarkable place but certainly not remarkable geographically? To me, it just looks like a hill like any other... was it somehow known to oral tradition for all that time? Did someone dig there and realize what it was? I just can't even guess, the sources are all very vague.
Also, wouldn’t the skeletons all be totally gone after all that time? How do they seem to have such specific information?
Thank you in advance for any information, I struggled with anywhere appropriate to address my question lol