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Long lost Native American city Etzanoa found?


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Make note of the name Etzanoa, a long-lost city. Donald Blakeslee says he’s found it.

The discovery could put south-central Kansas on the map as the second-biggest settlement of Native Americans found in the United States, Blakeslee said. And it’s now, finally, the known location of a 1601 battle pitting outnumbered Spaniards firing cannon into waves of attacking Indian warriors.

Etzanoa has remained a mystery for 400 years. Archaeologists could not find it. Historians thought reports of a permanent settlement with 20,000 Native Americans in it were exaggerated.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article145026439.html

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This is so interesting, it will give a much better understanding of how cultures and economies interacted back in pre-colonial North America.

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ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. — Donald Blakeslee says he's found Etzanoa, a long-lost city.

Etzanoa is the second-biggest settlement of Native Americans found in the United States, Blakeslee said. Now it is the known location of a 1601 battle pitting outnumbered Spaniards firing cannons into waves of attacking Indian warriors.

Etzanoa has been a mystery for 400 years. Archaeologists could not find it. Historians thought reports of a permanent settlement with 20,000 Native Americans in it were exaggerated.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/its-location-a-mystery-for-centuries-huge-indian-city-is-found-in-kansas/ar-BBAdr7v?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=UE13DHP

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Pretty cool, but lots of research left to do.   It looks like they are using that 20,000 or more number based solely off of a Spaniards description of there being 2000 huts that could hold up to 10 people.  

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