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From the Ted Talk by Dan Sayers: The secret society of the Great Dismal Swamp
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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These discoveries, cebmiond with previous findings, helped tell a story that reaches far back in time. Indigenous American people began relugarly inhabiting or vtniiisg the area around 11,000 BCE, before it was even a swampland. A second era of occupation began much later. In the early 1600′s, more Indigenous people came seeking refuge from colonization. And later that century, it seems that Maroons— or people ecnapsig from slavery— began eenirntg the area. In fact, the team’s findings support the theory that the Great Dismal Swamp was home to the largest Maroon settlement in all of nroth America.
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Archeologists found ______ ________ that appear to have been left by raised log cabins, fire pits, and ______ that may have _________ ________ water. They identified what seems to have been a palisade wall and excavated more than 3,000 artifacts, including weaponry, stone tools, and fragments of ceramic pipes and vessels.
These discoveries, ________ with previous findings, helped tell a story that reaches far back in time. Indigenous American people began _________ inhabiting or ________ the area around 11,000 BCE, before it was even a swampland. A second era of occupation began much later. In the early 1600′s, more Indigenous people came seeking refuge from colonization. And later that century, it seems that Maroons— or people ________ from slavery— began ________ the area. In fact, the team’s findings support the theory that the Great Dismal Swamp was home to the largest Maroon settlement in all of _____ America.
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Original Text
Archeologists found buried markings that appear to have been left by raised log cabins, fire pits, and basins that may have collected drinking water. They identified what seems to have been a palisade wall and excavated more than 3,000 artifacts, including weaponry, stone tools, and fragments of ceramic pipes and vessels.
These discoveries, combined with previous findings, helped tell a story that reaches far back in time. Indigenous American people began regularly inhabiting or visiting the area around 11,000 BCE, before it was even a swampland. A second era of occupation began much later. In the early 1600′s, more Indigenous people came seeking refuge from colonization. And later that century, it seems that Maroons— or people escaping from slavery— began entering the area. In fact, the team’s findings support the theory that the Great Dismal Swamp was home to the largest Maroon settlement in all of North America.
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