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donald r raab Wrote:
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Quote Now that we enjoyed the "ick" comments; just HOW did these guys migrate one way or multiple ways from the Andes? Down the amazon? The Carribs would have been in the way (they ate people)? mexico and the Gulf? Long way for a seasidevacation. Trade? Well there is a mountain range and overland obstacl
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Sam Salmon
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QuoteIf the trinkets are muchly cited South American "flying machines", I've actually seen the objects in person in a museum (some are in the Museo del Oro in San Jose, Costa Rica.)
They only look like aircraft from certain angles, and you really have to tweak them to make them flyable. Seen in context with all the other similar gold jewelry items, they are instantly recognizab
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Sam Salmon
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Ancient History
The quote function here is so hideous and difficult it's a minor miracle communication of any type occurs.
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Sam Salmon
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QuoteI haven't seen anything referenced on that site for a decade. It takes a good team, time and money to re-investigate it. Until someone reputable does so, it's just an interesting curiosity
'Ware Chinese Communist party is all I have to say-living where I do we see their grubby paw prints on everything all the time.
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Sam Salmon
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Some excellent posts/POV from the usual suspects-Thanks from a long time lurker (!)
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Sam Salmon
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Quotedonald r raab Wrote:unlike the pacific coast the Atlantic is about 2500 miles to the east.The eastern shore of mexica is the gulf.
Ummm...No It's Not.
QuoteFish, mostly from reefs in the Atlantic, were the second most numerous at 60 species.
There you have your answer-the Atlantic has little for reefs but the sea we call the Caribbean is full of them.
Note that the present day Gul
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Sam Salmon
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the fresh fish that was served to the Inca regularly-transported (on ice?) from the Pacific coast to his court high in the Andes-it was the Spanish who reported this.
I note that the distances from the coasts* are somewhat similar-around 500km.
* Pacific coast -> Cusco; Atlantic coast -> present day Distrito Federal.
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Duncan Craig Wrote:QuoteAren't there were Amazon tributaries in Peru?I am not sure that it is necessary to get over the Andes to get to Brazil.
I've visited the Andes region twice and the tributaries that start in Peru are high in barren mountains a very long way from the Pacific and it's a monstrous journey east to the Atlantic.
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Sam Salmon
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QuoteThen, like a modern-day Phileas Fogg, he set sail in it to prove that the fabled voyage was possible using only the power of the wind and the tide.
Yes they tried to prove it but failed-the Phoenician ship made much of the trickiest parts of it's journey under power from a newly installed diesel engine-as anyone who monitored the website knows.
One could argue that the knowledge o
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Sam Salmon
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Allan Shumaker Wrote:
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QuoteFits very neatly with Farley Mowat
Ah Yes old Barely Knowit as he's known here in Canada.
But Thanks for the link some fascinating info therein.
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Sam Salmon
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donald r raab Wrote:
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QuoteOne wonders why these items were not digitised.
Are you aware that most people on earth live on less than $2/day?
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Sam Salmon
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QuoteA 'contact' whose evidence is limited to ONE food is kind of odd. I mean why NOT ordinary potatos (sic), corn, tomatoes, ect.?
Not if you spend months in a small boat-things do become damp and not every plant material survives those conditions especially Maize-it could have been a single trip.
This is why I rarely post on this site-so many posters here have such a limited view
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Sam Salmon
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I grew up nearby-Shania was never as popular locally as internationally many were embarrassed by her native background-growing up on the reserve even though she was white.
Her fierce determination to succeed didn't help she left all the doubters behind in the bush/became filthy rich while they stayed mired in poverty and ignorance as per SOP.
As it happens the Timmins area is undergoin
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Sam Salmon
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Agree she's quite the talent just needs some focus hopefully that will come.
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The exhibit Arctic Journeys/Ancient Memories: The Sculpture of Abraham Anghik Ruben opened in early October and continues until January. It centres around 23 of his sculptures, which combine Inuit and Norse mythology in their story-telling.
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Sam Salmon
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Khazar-khum Wrote:
QuoteNo rebar.
Yes and thus no spalling.
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Sam Salmon
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At this late hour in my time zone this is the best I can do
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Sam Salmon
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Quoteiron tips might have been too heavy for the small bows used.
I have to take exception with the remark as quoted.
Native flat bows were not in any way inferior to any other design as studies by US American Howard Hill in the 1930's showed-in fact they were superior in design but traditional British Yew wood was a superior material for manufacturing purposes.
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Sam Salmon
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QuoteThe Canadian Coast Guard has been dredging for years off Haida Gwaii with no luck
I have to respond to this abject nonsense-The Canadian Coast Guard does not do dredging of any kind for any reason.
They never have and as a life long Canadian Pacific coastal resident I can't think of any reason why they ever would-anyone suggesting this reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of thi
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Sam Salmon
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The story that will Never Die-but how much of this evidence is new?I haven't followed it quite as closely as some here.
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Sam Salmon
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Job Well Done!
I clicked on the site and was told is was 'unavailable' -and had an inkling.....
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Sam Salmon
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QuoteWasn't there some Afrocentrist trying to claim that these kraals were over a million years old?
Only a couple hundred thousand (!)
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Sam Salmon
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QuoteThe ball game is real. Its been played since at least 1400 BC when we date the first ball court found on the Chiapas coast. There are ball courts all over Meoamerica. It is also a very important part of the religion and the mythology.
Esoterics aside ball games are still an important part of life in meso american communities today.
While basketball and volleyball games-men's/women
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Sam Salmon
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Certainly the horses in Grotte Chauvet look real when seen in 3D a la the Herzog film.
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Sam Salmon
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Those slugs for slings look positively lethal.
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Sam Salmon
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Begging your pardon-infrequent contributor but long time lurker here.
It occurred to me that this design hasn't changed for some time now and I personally find the term ossified suits this setup rather well-and that of course reflects on the content.
Maybe the back end has been boosted but upgrades in terms of functionality are (IMNSHO) badly needed.
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Quotewhy don't we find this 'single stalk' teosinte growing wild?
Teosinte isn't nearly as common as it once was.
Thanks for the info!
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Sam Salmon
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Deep History of Coconuts Decoded: Origins of Cultivation, Ancient Trade Routes, and Colonization of the Americas
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Sam Salmon
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Article of interest to many here I'm sure.Early Americans helped colonise Easter Island
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