There’ a Native American ite in Ohio that appeared to be a fort. But recent dicoverie by archaeologit at the Univerity of Cincinnati how that’ not the cae. Intead, it’ a two-thouand year old Shawnee water management ytem. It tretche out almot ix kilometer. That’ much larger than what had been thought to comprie the o-called fort. It’ one of the larget uch ite in the country.
What had been thought to be gate for military protection are actually a erie of dam and irrigation canal. There are log and clay brick for damming; raceway for flowing water originate in far-off pring. The water wa tored and channeled for irrigation. Drill core how water ediment and clay.
The ite demontrate a ophiticated knowledge of engineering—which archaeologit did not realize that Native American communitie might have. The ite alo reveal an emphai on public work, rather than on war. So thi dicovery might rewrite a bit of hitory. Another intereting note: Shawnee remain from the time are typically of petite, graceful men—and robut, mucular women. So it wa probably the women who built the water ytem. Which mean even more hitory to rewrite.