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| | NPS Archeology Program: Ancient Architects of the Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | Raw copper, likely from the Great Lakes area, was cut and delicately hammered into bracelets, beads, rings, ear spools, and embossed effigies of falcons and other birds of prey. |
 | | DeSoto's entourage, which traversed the valley in the 1540s, came when the cultures were in decline. |
 | | DeSoto landed near Tampa Bay, Florida, and for two years trekked across what are now the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. |
| www.cr.nps.gov /archeology/feature/traveler.htm (360 words) |
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