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Why is it a port?<BR>
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Pedro<BR> <BR>> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:10:28 -0400<BR>> From: brunians@brunians.org<BR>> To: urth@lists.urth.net<BR>> Subject: Re: (urth) Nazca Lines<BR>> <BR>> > Of course, head chopping is just about everywhere---Celtic Europe,<BR>> <BR>> And if the story were set in Europe, that would be something to say.<BR>> <BR>> > for<BR>> > example. But yes, it fits neatly.<BR>> <BR>> > One minor problem with a South American location is that those signs are<BR>> > almost eternal, and they would always be famous around the region. But<BR>> > if they lie under water (or ice), or if 20,000 years pass, that might<BR>> > solve the problem.<BR>> <BR>> As all here should be aware, there is a longstanding controversy over the<BR>> dates of Tiahuanaco or whatever they are calling it these days.<BR>> <BR>> The construction of this city is remarkably advanced.<BR>> <BR>> It is modular: like modern concrete block construction, although of course<BR>> the units used are different.<BR>> <BR>> The city is a port.<BR>> <BR>> The last time the lake was anywhere near it - as in, within a hundred<BR>> miles - was twelve thousand years ago or so.<BR>> <BR>> .<BR>> <BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Lee Berman wrote:<BR>> >> I was just watching a National Geographic special on the mystery<BR>> >> of the gigantic, many kilometers-long Nazca desert drawings in<BR>> >> southern Peru. I thought about the Sun series, mostly because they did a<BR>> >> lot of re-enactment with local, native actors and it made me think of<BR>> >> Apu-Punchau, as this is pretty much his territory.<BR>> >><BR>> >> The general anthropological conclusion is that these people resorted<BR>> >> to massive head-chopping sacrifices and probably ever increased-sized<BR>> >> line<BR>> >> drawings to influence the weather. The area spent several hundred<BR>> >> years as a rather verdant, well-watered place allowing a thriving<BR>> >> culture to establish itself. Then the desert started relentlessly<BR>> >> asserting<BR>> >> itself. They tried in vain to placate the gods with more intense<BR>> >> religious<BR>> >> expressions each year as they realized the previous year's head chop<BR>> >> sacrifices and line drawing were not sufficient to please the deities.<BR>> >><BR>> >> The research conclusions are too recent to have influenced Wolfe to<BR>> >> create<BR>> >> Urth with its dying sun or The Whorl and its progressive drought. But<BR>> >> perhaps the South American native propensity for head chopping had an<BR>> >> impact<BR>> >> on him.<BR>> >> _________________________________________________________________<BR>> >> Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from<BR>> >> your inbox.<BR>> >> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2<BR>> >> _______________________________________________<BR>> >> Urth Mailing List<BR>> >> To post, write urth@urth.net<BR>> >> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >> ---<BR>> >> avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean.<BR>> >> Virus Database (VPS): 100723-1, 07/23/2010<BR>> >> Tested on: 7/23/2010 11:52:09 PM<BR>> >> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 ALWIL Software.<BR>> >> http://www.avast.com<BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > Urth Mailing List<BR>> > To post, write urth@urth.net<BR>> > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<BR>> ><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Urth Mailing List<BR>> To post, write urth@urth.net<BR>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<BR> <br /><hr />Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. <a href='https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969' target='_new'>Get it now.</a></body>
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