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This is some facebook boomer shit.
What makes it truly Facebook boomer slop isn't that the story is implausible (because such a misunderstanding and then correction is perfectly likely) but the lack of sources, the anecdotal and vague nature of the post, and the slightly misguided message of "motherly experience will always beat studies and expertise" which is only pandering to the mothers who read this stuff.
If this actually happened, give that woman a name and tell us who she was, don't just call her "a mother".
No don’t you see, they ran their findings past a mother, as all archaeologists do (the implication of course being none of those dumb science idiots could handle being a mom as people can’t do 2 things). The mother then corrected them, likely with folded arms, likely going “mmmhmmm” once they realized that her wisdom beat their book learnin’
thus, she cemented her legashe. And that is why we all know her today: random nameless mother.
Folded arms? No no no. She had her hands full with a baby suckling at the teet when she made this discovery
Did homes in pre-Colombian America even have rafters?
Longhouses probably would have, but Tipi's definitely didn't.
That said, putting sharp objects where children can't reach them seems like a pretty universal solution to a common problem. Rafters or not
Cone tents and tipis definitely have stuff strung up high every time I have been in them: modern usage being suggestive of tradition I suppose
Yes, the pueblos of the southwest immediately come to mind, as well as the longhouses in northern areas.
Depends on where in america. Urban cultures south of the US definitely could have though I am no expert in their architecture.