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THE papers announce that Mr. Layard has obtained permission to renew excavations in the Mesopotamian Valley. Several other explorations will be in progress during the coming season in countries where no trained labour can be obtained. I write to beg the gentlemen having the work in charge to make some accurate observations as to the amount of dirt which a man can move in a day with rude implements, noting the distance as well. A discussion has sprung up concerning the time required to build our Mississippi Valley mounds. The investigation of which I speak will throw some light on the subject.
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MASON, O. Rate of Mound-Building. Nature 16, 503 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/016503b0
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