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Thomas directed the Bureau of American Ethnology's systematic excavation and analysis of North American mounds, publishing the 1894 report that definitively attributed the earthworks to ancestors of contemporary Native Americans, thereby debunking the 'Mound Builder' myth.
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Born
1825 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died
1910
Nationality
American