# Shouldn't History be paired with Literature, rather than Government? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 31, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-history-be-paired-with-literature-rather-than-government/837936 "2019-07-31T17:23:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 47
**Author:** ![King\_of\_the\_Americas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@King\_of\_the\_Americas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_of_the_Americas)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-history-be-paired-with-literature-rather-than-government/837936/47 "2019-08-01T11:33:55Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > You were talking about going to a house etc… > > And no need to go to Google Earth, I assume you’re talking about the drainage channels on the barrier islands. The _modern_ mosquito control drainage channels. 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldnt-history-be-paired-with-literature-rather-than-government/837936)._