[blam]

I bet I can figure this one out. The river dried up and they left.

Many of the rivers and lakes in this dry, arid region were fed by snow/ice melt in the mountains that had accumulated during the Ice Age. When all the ice melted, the rivers and lakes dried up.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Bahbah]

The river dried up and they left.

I bet you are right, but why no traces of the life they led?

[GladesGuru]

"a Chinese member of the Xinjiang Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute entered the Lop Nor Desert with a global positioning satellite"

Just what every Commie agency scientist would bring - the satellite.

[RightWhale]

This mysterious culture of highly worshipping reproduction is rarely seen in the world.

The practice has died out due to lack of interest.

[DainBramage]

Close up of wooden body

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)

[Fedora]

In evidence from an ancient time, one can usually deduce traces of an ancient lifestyle. But after careful investigation by archaeologists within a radius of several kilometers, no artifacts from the lifestyle of the Xiaohe people could be found.

Maybe the people actually lived elsewhere and they only came here for burial purposes.

[ASA Vet]

The faces were flat, with red X's on them.