Alternative Science & History News

More information for your vast file of dynamic lithic trivia.

1) "Ochre found in [a] cave at the tip of Pinnacle Point in South Africa has offered up key evidence that early humans were engaging in symbolic behavior long before anthropologists previously surmised." 4/22/10

http://www.physorg.com/news191176909.html

2) New England Native American leaders protest a board game based on King Philip's War.  4/23/10

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bloody_board_game

3) Early Farmers of the SW:  "The high, arid plateau that includes parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Texas and Arizona created special demands on the indigenous peoples of the region. In order to survive they learned to cultivate plants and build architecture that adapted to the climate" 4/23/10

http://www.examiner.com/x-40598-Architecture--Design-Examiner~y2010m4d23-Americas-architectural-heritage-the-early-farmers-of-the-Southwest

4) An article describing the 2000 year old settlement at Calusa Key, Florida (where Mel Brooks spends his winters). 4/24/10

http://www.examiner.com/x-40598-Architecture--Design-Examiner~y2010m4d24-Americas-architectural-heritage-Calusa-Key-a-2000-year-old-island-paradise

5) Polynesian Seafaring to the Americas. 4/25/10

http://archaeology.about.com/b/2010/04/25/polynesian-seafaring-to-the-american-continents.htm

6) Resonance Mandalas of La Mana.

"In 1984 a large cache of over 300 artifacts was discovered by a small group of gold prospectors led by engineer Dr. Elias Sotomayor in a tunnel 300’ below ground in the jungle-covered mountains of La Maná, Ecuador. Accurate dating of the artifacts is as yet impossible by the latest methods, as the thermoluminescence technique would be unreliable due to years of exposure to sunlight since their discovery. The lithic technology and geometry presented in the artifacts denies placement in known cultural contexts from the region, suggesting that they may predate the known cultures from the region."

http://www.humanresonance.org/mana.html

7) Book: Rocks and Rows, Sailing Routes Across The Atlantic and The Copper Trade, A study of Bronze Age petroglyphs, stone circle and row monuments.

http://www.rocksandrows.com/index.php

8) The Archaeology Channel's video list

http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/videoguide.asp

9) History and Celestial Time - an article by Walter Cruttenden

http://www.megalithomania.co.uk/walterarticle.html

10) Standing stones make a community art project

http://web.goddard.edu/practicum/cory.html

11) Intention set in stone…just don't alter existing cairns.

http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2010/23084.html

Rock on!

Rob