Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
If you check the soundness of some of the stones and put a new roof on it, you could live there. I'm pretty sure I've lived in worse.
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Megalithic and Prehistoric Sites
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If you check the soundness of some of the stones and put a new roof on it, you could live there. I'm pretty sure I've lived in worse.
ska invita
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I'd have Ring of Brodgar / Stones of Stenness above both of them tbf.Just personal taste. Don't know why some get to you more than others....
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
“A huge megalithic complex of more than 500 standing stones has been discovered in southern Spain that could be one of the largest in Europe, archaeologists have said.”
www.theguardian.com
Huge megalithic complex of more than 500 standing stones discovered in Spain
Archaeologists says prehistoric site in Huelva province could be one of largest of its kind in Europe
“A huge megalithic complex of more than 500 standing stones has been discovered in southern Spain that could be one of the largest in Europe, archaeologists have said.”
Huge megalithic complex of more than 500 standing stones discovered in Spain
Archaeologists says prehistoric site in Huelva province could be one of largest of its kind in Europe
Amazing stuff like this is still being found.
ska invita
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youd think someone wouldve noticed before!
i found some more pics, though it seems this might be the only one standing?
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I've been top 13 of them - ie all bar the ones in Ireland, Cornwall and, oddly, Yorkshire. Bit surprised not to see Long Meg & her Daughters or Rollright Stones on there, but it's still a pretty fine list.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
I hope regional settings allow you to see this. Its about a find of North American tools. It goes into the use of atl atls.
I've thrown alt alt darts, but I don't think its really my weapon system. I've always considered it a distance weapon (100 - 150 yards), not close up like they're showing.
The sequence of the alt alt group in Missouri may have included the woman who took down a deer with an atl atl in Missouri a couple of seasons ago:
www.news-leader.com
I've thrown alt alt darts, but I don't think its really my weapon system. I've always considered it a distance weapon (100 - 150 yards), not close up like they're showing.
The sequence of the alt alt group in Missouri may have included the woman who took down a deer with an atl atl in Missouri a couple of seasons ago:
Atlatl hunter is 1st modern Missouri woman to take deer with ancient hunting tool
Atlatl hunter is first Missouri woman to take deer with ancient hunting tool
www.news-leader.com
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ska invita
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Your post has made me think about North American earth and stone works and if there is an equivalent
Ive found this. In North America there is something called the Archaic Period (8000 BC– 1000 BC) subdivided into early middle and late periods
The earliest earthwork found so far is this - only discovered in the 1980s - dating to about 3500 BCE which is pretty equivalent to the european megalithic era
en.wikipedia.org
reconstruction drawing
interesting point here is that the mounds (biggest about 8m tall) aren't burial mounds, and there are no signs of hierarchy amongst the society that built them - whereas European ones are very much about important individuals/families etc. Supposedly archaeologists were dismissive because they presumed it could only be built by a hierarchical society. eyeroll.
Another major site is Poverty Point - Wikipedia - a later site "contains earthen ridges and mounds, built by indigenous people between 1700 and 1100 BCE during the Late Archaic period" but wouldve been impressive:
both sites very eroded now. Poverty Point also has some astronomical aspects to it. Watson Brake thought to be a bit more of a fertility thing.
Havent found any north american megaliths from this era online....doesnt seem to have been a thing....though I think its central america where there was a lot action (havent read about that yet)
Ive found this. In North America there is something called the Archaic Period (8000 BC– 1000 BC) subdivided into early middle and late periods
The earliest earthwork found so far is this - only discovered in the 1980s - dating to about 3500 BCE which is pretty equivalent to the european megalithic era
Watson Brake - Wikipedia
interesting point here is that the mounds (biggest about 8m tall) aren't burial mounds, and there are no signs of hierarchy amongst the society that built them - whereas European ones are very much about important individuals/families etc. Supposedly archaeologists were dismissive because they presumed it could only be built by a hierarchical society. eyeroll.
Another major site is Poverty Point - Wikipedia - a later site "contains earthen ridges and mounds, built by indigenous people between 1700 and 1100 BCE during the Late Archaic period" but wouldve been impressive:
both sites very eroded now. Poverty Point also has some astronomical aspects to it. Watson Brake thought to be a bit more of a fertility thing.
Havent found any north american megaliths from this era online....doesnt seem to have been a thing....though I think its central america where there was a lot action (havent read about that yet)
Voley
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Had a wander around The Merry Maidens and the beast that is Gun Rith near Lamorna this morning. My other half tracked down a holed stone propped up in a hedge was thought lost, too. Very busy that area, even by Penwith standards. Circles, some massive stones, entrance graves, barrows, a fogou. Love it out there.
ska invita
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Scrolling through some megalithic photos on Twitter today and enjoyed this bloke's take on things:
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it does seem most of the people buried in these big tombs (which make up 3 of the four pictures) were basically nobility , however proto/tribal
not the strongest argument
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Scrolling through some megalithic photos on Twitter today and enjoyed this bloke's take on things:
Yehh, these monuments just scream vegan, anarch0-communist cooperatives...
ska invita
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Watson Brake in the US however does seem to have been built by a relatively non-hierarchical social group
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Non sequitur
Voley
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There's some debate about whether the quoits in Cornwall were even burial chambers tbf. They don't tend to have many human remains discovered at them.
Fairly major caveat: the soil's quite acidic (I think) and remains don't tend to last long around these parts unless they were left in an urn. We get these at the base of standing stones occasionally.
Lanyon Quoit, pictured, did have some remains in a cist nearby though, and more importantly- I'm not one to get in the way of someone's impassioned anti-monarchy rant.
Fairly major caveat: the soil's quite acidic (I think) and remains don't tend to last long around these parts unless they were left in an urn. We get these at the base of standing stones occasionally.
Lanyon Quoit, pictured, did have some remains in a cist nearby though, and more importantly- I'm not one to get in the way of someone's impassioned anti-monarchy rant.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
I assume that accounts going for the Ozymandias vibe tbh
Voley
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I like his style tbh.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
I like his style tbh.
Oh for sure, no kings, no masters, we will nay be fooled again.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I really enjoyed my visit there. I must go back.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Camped there for a week a couple of years ago and it wasn't nearly long enough to do it justice. Truly mind-blowing.
ska invita
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i thought quoits were the doorway to a burial chamber from which the earth has since eroded away?
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Off there next week
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Fantastic.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Brilliant!
Not wishing to teach any Grandmothers, etc. but you will pack Aubrey & the IGN sheet, won't you?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I have that.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
We loved using it with the IGN maps and found some really cracking sites in the most improbable locations. Should have said to pack a torch/petzel as well; some of the carvings are a bugger to pick out without some uplight illumination.I have that.
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