bernard Wrote:
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> My wife and I are engaged in a radical downsizing.
> Sometime in the future we are moving to a much
> smaller place. Therefore I have gone down from 8
> bookcases to 3 and from 4 file cabinets to 2. In
> the process, I've donated some 1500 books to
> various libraries and universities. My
> contributions to HallofMaat are not going to be as
> well documented as they have been since I no
> longer can go to a nearby bookshelf and check an
> original source.
Well! We're grateful for all your past contributions, anyway, Bernard - and one can always search through the HoM archives.
> With respect to any number of
> other claims that have been made about the
> historical accuracy of folk memories extending far
> into the past (the Noachian Flood, Native American
> myths about the formation of Mountains, etc.)- I
> don't believe them. Therefore, as far as I'm
> concerned, the idea that the Books of the Chilam
> Balam, which were written in the 17th and 18th
> centuries, are accurate reports of events
> occurring nearly 5,000 years previously is
> ridiculous. Further, the Chilam Balam Books are
> contaminated with Spanish beliefs, are written in
> very esoteric and metaphorical terms, and there
> are serious disagreements among scholars as to the
> accuracy of the translations.
So, to sum up: not only are there problems over technical questions concerned with ice cores, etc., but there are also problems with the supposed historical accuracy of mythical events (not helped by problems associated with translation of the relevant texts).
> David Stuart at the University of Texas would be
> the ideal person to ask about the calendrical
> questions posed and the accuracy of the
> interpretation of the Palenque Temple XIX
> inscriptions.
Thanks for this information.
> Jonny McA has raised a number of
> valid questions about Baillie's proposals (which
> do not seem to have been published in a refereed
> journal).
Certainly, it's a shame that Baillie's work couldn't have been published in a peer review journal.
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