# PTE HIW #2: Shawnee Water Management System...

Highlight Incorrect Words #2 - Level 1 - Feeds Reading + Listening

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There's a Native American site in Ohio that appeared to be a fort. But recent discoveries by archaeologists at the University of diversely show that's not the case. Instead, it's a two-thousand-year-old Shawnee water management system. It stretches out almost six kilometers. That's much larger than what had been thought to legitimize the so-called fort. It's one of the largest such sites in the country. What had been thought to be gates for military protection are actually a series of dams and donation canals. There are logs and clay bricks for damming; raceways for flowing water propitiate in far-off springs. The water was stored and channeled for irrigation. Drill cores show water sediments and clay. The site demonstrates a defoliated knowledge of engineering--which archaeologists not realize that Native American communities might have. The site also reveals an intelligence on public works, rather than on war. So this discovery might rewrite a bit of history. Another interesting note: Shawnee remains from the time are typically of petite, graceful men--and robust, muscular women. So it was probably the women who built the water system. Which means even more history to rewrite.

## Answer

- diversely -> Cincinnati
- legitimize -> comprise
- donation -> irrigation
- propitiate -> originate
- defoliated -> sophisticated
- intelligence -> emphasis

## Explanation

The recording differs from the transcript in 6 places: "diversely" should be "Cincinnati"; "legitimize" should be "comprise"; "donation" should be "irrigation"; "propitiate" should be "originate"; "defoliated" should be "sophisticated"; "intelligence" should be "emphasis".

## Hints

- Focus on the context of the lecture: it is about an archaeological discovery that changes our understanding of a site.
- Listen for the specific words that describe the engineering features and the historical implications of the site.

## Transcript

There's a Native American site in Ohio that appeared to be a fort. But recent discoveries by archaeologists at the University of Cincinnati show that's not the case. Instead, it's a two-thousand-year-old Shawnee water management system. It stretches out almost six kilometers. That's much larger than what had been thought to comprise the so-called fort. It's one of the largest such sites in the country. What had been thought to be gates for military protection are actually a series of dams and irrigation canals. There are logs and clay bricks for damming; raceways for flowing water originate in far-off springs. The water was stored and channeled for irrigation. Drill cores show water sediments and clay. The site demonstrates a sophisticated knowledge of engineering--which archaeologists not realize that Native American communities might have. The site also reveals an emphasis on public works, rather than on war. So this discovery might rewrite a bit of history. Another interesting note: Shawnee remains from the time are typically of petite, graceful men--and robust, muscular women. So it was probably the women who built the water system. Which means even more history to rewrite.

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