by cofty 30 Replies latest jw friends
"cupmarks", which are said to "symbolize the source of life-giving moisture....
Thats interesting. I wonder if there is a fertility element to it?
When you look at the symbols and remember how much bolder the cuts would be 5000 years ago it would be fascinating to see the water flowing round the shapes.
There is one example in our area that archeologists believe was fed by a spring that has long since dried up.
NC,
You are right. My comment reflected the base racism with which I was raised. American history always starts with Jamestown and Pilgrim Rock. It as though no humans lived on our hemisphere. Oh, I recall how absolutely terrified of Injuns I was as a young child. My bro and I would hide under beds and benches. We felt we were good food to them.
I read some true American history in law school. Many of the whites (esp. females) taken in raids came into contact with their birth families after years had passed. They were free to re-enter European society. Yet almost all prefered the Native American culture.I loved the T-shirts after 9/11 that said, "Fighting terrorism since 1492."
Yeah---BOTR---I didn't think of it as racist though. We've really been looking deeply into how archeology and anthropolgy are handled with different approaches here and on the eastern half. Since Europeans were looking at their own history, it tended to get elevated. But European/Americans did their research on what they considered to be inferior cultures, and the tone was really different. They are working hard to change that now, lol, and I'm just trying to do my part. Most people don't do it intentionally, but like you said, it was the culture we were raised in.
I have a lot of Cherokee blood in my family, and my mother didn't tolerate a lot of what was just accepted. So I had a small step up in that instance.
PLUS, it's just so cool to be able to see so much rich history right outside my door. Although, Cofty's pic is totally cool.
NC
Nonsense! All those rocks were moved and drawings made by the demons to trick you into thinking mankind has been around for more than 6000 years! Dinosaurs only lived a few thousands years ago, the aging of the bones is forged by atheist scientists! All the animal species of the world really could fit inside Noah's floating box!
Just wanted to throw out those crazy JW answers in case anybody was missing the cult.
LOL @ Billy!
Cool pics, Cofty and troubled mind. The carved circles remind me of the circle of life, a symbol used for millenia. And one that is also associated with fertility.
5000 years old? Adam had only been dead 70 years! wow....
I think they're really cool too. It is fun to put yourself in the heads of the artists and people of that time, and wonder what life was like for them.
Peace,
tammy
This full size replica of a restored Stonehenge is nearby. Love the pictures Cofty.
The Stonehenge replica in Maryhill, Washington began with a misunderstanding, but remains one of the most poignant and memorable of all of the modern replicas. Envisioned and constructed by Sam Hill, a Washington railroad executive, the monument was begun when Hill was told that Stonehenge was used for ritual sacrifices. Though this is not true, it inspired Hill. He built his Stonehenge as a tribute to those who lost their lives in World War I; an eternal reminder that “humanity is still being sacrificed to the God of war.”
Cofty, great pictures. I was struck by the similarity to similar petroglyphs I have visited in S. America (Piedras Pintadas Archeological Park):
These stone constructions in the area are quite similar to stonehenge:
BTS
I went to see the caves at Lascaux in Perigord, France many years ago.
It was very moving. Thousands of years ago people like anybody else, decorated a sacred cave. The Sistine Chapel of the neolithic. I went off by myself for a while. Didnt want to speak.
of course some neolithic art is not sacred. The human soul playing and experimenting. (Maybe because the witlesses deny the idea of a "SOUL" there is so little
originalcreativity amongst them)
HB
