Barks influences, etc.

[kathy fitzpatrick]

Dan,

You are absolutely correct. When it comes to MOST ancient civilizations, no
one knows who built them originally.  Some other race usually comes along
and takes over the originators or builds a new civilization in the same
area.  Thus archeologists often find layers of civilizations built one on
top of another.  (Not like with the Mounds, but who knows?!)  Even the
Aztecs are not the builders of the pyramids that for years they were
credited as having built.

Having read National Geographic enough to know, whenever they do an article
on ancient ruins they also note any lengends or stories to go with them.
With the imagination Carl Barks possesses, it would not be necessary for him
to have seen a movie to get an idea.  It is more likely the movie idea came
from a similar source that Carl may have had, if not Carl himself.

Kathy


>TODD KLEIN:
>
>I'm not sure I understand your claim that no Native American 
>(why can't we call them Indians, technically improper though 
>that may be?  Indians refer to themselves as Indians.)monuments 
>like Stonehenge are documented.  Stonehenge itself isn't 
>documented, it's just there.  To this day no one really knows 
>its true origin.
>
>There are plenty of Indian mounds to testify to ancient North 
>American peoples'hard work moving the scenery around to suit 
>themselves.  Living in Kentucky, I've had the opportunity to see 
>lots of these earthworks thorughout the South and the Midwest.  
>The tallest mound is in Illinois about 30 miles east of St. 
>Louis, MO, and it's about 100 feet high.  The mound builders 
>were active in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, Missouri, 
>Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, and several other states.
>
>Great Serpent Mound in Chillicothe, OH stretches in the shape of 
> a huge snake for   mile.  It compares favourably to the great 
>chalk cutouts in England for only been visible in its entirety 
>from the air.
>
>The Mound Builders, or their leavings, are great fodder for 
>comic stories, but haven't really been touched as far as I know.
>
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