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  • * The cities of the Ancestral Pueblo (or Anasazi) culture, located in the Four Corners region of the Southwest United States – The best known are located at Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde. * Cahokia – Located near present-day St. Louis, MO. At its height Cahokia is believed to have had a population of between 40,000 and 80,000 people, making it amongst the largest pre-Columbian cities of the Americas. It is known chiefly for its huge pyramidal mounds of compacted earth. * Kennett, California was lost under 400 feet of water when Shasta Dam was built. * Kane, Wyoming was a city that was lost when the Yellowtail Dam was built. * Lost counties, cities, and towns of Virginia * Pattenville, New Hampshire was flooded when the Moore Dam was built. * Pueblo Grande de Nevada a complex of villages, located near Overton, Nevada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_city
  • I am a descendant of the original inhabitants of the Lower Mississippi Valley, known as Chahta (Choctaw). I am a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Okla Chahta clan of California. "Names of hundreds of places and geographical features, signs pointing to scattered archaeological sites, and many routes of overland travel testify to that fact that there never really was an untamed wilderness here--or at least not since the time of the mastodon and saber-tooth cat," writes Richard Townsend, the Institute's curator for Amerindian art, in his introduction to the exhibition catalog. "Many highways are also superimposed on roads traveled since early colonial times, which in turn followed centuries-old Indian trails . . . and the paths of seasonal animal migrations." For the rest of this fascinating article, see: http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2004-09/cahokia.html
  • There are many Anasasi and Hope Indian cities in the American Southwest. Cahokia located outside Saint Louis, Missouri was believed to have had over 60,000 people at its height. And there are many ruins in California and Virginia.

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