Within the scope of that exercise, we ‘could’ have looked for the location of the actual house…examine the area for historical context…ask Why did these people have these items, what place or function did they have or serve in their society.
Yeah, we didn’t build those canals…they are pre-columbian.
They are everywhere, including South America, Asia, Europe. I’ve found them on remote islands. My discovery was of an ancient global civilization that collapsed 4500 -5500 years ago, but my advisors demanded I make it a North American study.