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Seems pretty tenuous, and I don't see any radiocarbon dating or high quality archeology. It's not surprised this doesn't "occupy anyone's mindspace". I think t

Seems pretty tenuous, and I don't see any radiocarbon dating or high quality archeology. It's not surprised this doesn't "occupy anyone's mindspace". I think the claim "There are still people living in medieval-era houses in the US " is misleading and possibly wrong. A more accurate claim would be "It is possible but unconfirmed that there are a handful of occupied houses in one location in the US with walls that were originally built in the late medieval era. These are extremely far from population centers, so it's unsurprising most people don't think about them the way Europeans think about older structures".

AlotOfReading 4y ago
Well, there were some issues with genocide between then and now that cut down on the number of example I can give you and inherently limit them to places far from major population centers. There are a lot of places all over the country with fairly continuous habitation records that abruptly terminate in the colonial period. The Southwest broadly managed to retain a higher degree of independence than most other parts of the continent until the 20th century partly as a result of that remoteness and more organized military responses.
- ido 4y ago
  I think you’re arguing past each other. Nobody (I hope at least) disputed European settlers treated the native Americans horribly. The argument was that in many places in Europe it’s literally unremarkable that people live in houses significantly older than the mentioned 1910 specimen in DC (my completely unremarkable apartment building in Berlin was built around the same time and nobody thinks of it as significant in any way & I know multiple people in Austria and Germany living in houses built in the 1800s and earlier). While Native Americans built structures before colonizations the number of Americans currently living in such is negligibly small.

AlotOfReading 4y ago

Well, there were some issues with genocide between then and now that cut down on the number of example I can give you and inherently limit them to places far from major population centers. There are a lot of places all over the country with fairly continuous habitation records that abruptly terminate in the colonial period. The Southwest broadly managed to retain a higher degree of independence than most other parts of the continent until the 20th century partly as a result of that remoteness and more organized military responses.

ido 4y ago
I think you’re arguing past each other. Nobody (I hope at least) disputed European settlers treated the native Americans horribly. The argument was that in many places in Europe it’s literally unremarkable that people live in houses significantly older than the mentioned 1910 specimen in DC (my completely unremarkable apartment building in Berlin was built around the same time and nobody thinks of it as significant in any way & I know multiple people in Austria and Germany living in houses built in the 1800s and earlier). While Native Americans built structures before colonizations the number of Americans currently living in such is negligibly small.