Archeology as Anthropology: The Study of All of Us

To complete the assignment:
Answer ALL of the following questions in an original post to the discussion forum:
Using material evidence, archaeologists have been able to reconstruct some aspects of the social and political structure of the Mississippian chiefdoms. How do these societies compare with present-day United States society? How about other societies you know about?
What evidence do you think would be available to archaeologists 1,000 years from now about the United States? What do you think they would conclude from that evidence?
Which aspects of our society would they get right? Which aspects would they get wrong and/or be unable to reconstruct?
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