Jammer Wrote:
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> Jiri Mruzek Wrote:
> > Brand new, and already archaeological rubbish!
> Have you even read World Archaeology? I assume the
> quzalification for being rated "hogwash" consists
> solely of disagreeing with yoy.
The rubbish gets swept out by none other than Maria Reiche's broom. Since World Archaeology contravenes Maria Reiche's on the spot observations, one thing is apparent, neither you nor WA had bothered to read Reiche. She reports that some curves in the figures are composed of arcs with changing radii. She found the arcs to be perfectly round, and so she visualized a painstaking measuring effort preceding construction of these geometric figures. This is quite in contrast with the vision of dancing lines hopping across the desert. Whence such junk science? I haven't read it, but what you relate of it more than does it.
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> > Pardon? If you only get 6" of rain per year,
> you must die! Nazcans did not
> > rely on rain. As I said
> > that would be stupid in the driest area on
> > Earth. Instead Nazcans had built a
> > series of so called
> > "puquios" - spiral stone-wall staircases
> > descending to lateral tunnels leading to
> > aquifers, deep beneath the ground,
>
> How nice these spiral stairways were pre-built
> when the locals first moved there!
> Originally in a somewhat wetter time they would
> have relied solely on the water course flow. They
> would add containment and coffer ponds as a step
> in building a buffer.
> Moving the water underground was a way to
> eliminate some serious evaporation losses
> (probably in excess of 50%). There is a
> progression in their efforts.
The water permeates underground naturally in the local conditions. Nobody had to move it there. Moreover, many such underground streams in the area are still undiscovered.
> But all that being said, they still needed the
> original gift from the Gods TO capture anything.
> It takes SOME rain and snow melt to feed an
> aquifer.
But, these puquoios are never short of water. It seems the aquifers are fed from underground reservoirs.
> > An interesting link to a much sounder theory
> > than the hogwash you came up with is here:
>
> Debating translations with you makes me feel like
> I'll soon be dealing with a tantrum.
Well, then take a deep breath, or go for a walk!
> You continue to state English isn't your first
> language.
English is my third language, but I only said so once.
> Is it "downright rude" by chance?
Here, I presume, you are testing my comprehension. Are you trying to say that I habitually converse in a downright rude manner? Or is it something else? The onset of the tantrum you felt oncoming?
