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| Gods, Graves, Glyphs Weekly Digest #436 Saturday, November 24, 2012 |
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| Early America | |
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| Squanto, the Worldly Indian Who Dazzled the Pilgrims. A 17th Century American Henry Kissinger. |
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· 11/21/2012 7:15:47 AM PST · · Posted by SeekAndFind · · 21 replies · · National Review · · 11/21/2012 · · Deroy Murdock · |
As you gobble your Thanksgiving turkey, imagine being a Pilgrim in March 1621. Hardly four months after the Mayflower reached Plymouth Rock the previous November, you still struggle for food, shelter, and survival in the state of nature.Suddenly, an Indian reaches your outpost. Friend or foe? What brought him here? How would you ever communicate with him?And then he opens his mouth. He speaks English! More amazing, he does so with a British accent and the demeanor of someone who had lived and worked among England's elite.Who on Earth is this incredible man? Squanto, a.k.a. Tisquantum, was born about 1580... |
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| The Pilgrims | |
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| How Private Property Saved the Pilgrims |
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· 11/22/2012 4:13:44 PM PST · · Posted by Founding Father · · 21 replies · · Hoover Institution StanfordU · · January 30, 1999 · · Tom Bethell · |
When the Pilgrims landed in 1620, they established a system of communal property. Within three years they had scrapped it, instituting private property instead. Hoover media fellow Tom Bethell tells the story. There are three configurations of property rights: state, communal, and private property. Within a family, many goods are in effect communally owned. But when the number of communal members exceeds normal family size, as happens in tribes and communes, serious and intractable problems arise. It becomes costly to police the activities of the members, all of whom are entitled to their share of the total product of the... |
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| Thanksgiving | |
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| Proclamation -- Day of National Thanksgiving October 3, 1789 |
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· 11/22/2012 8:10:06 AM PST · · Posted by TaxPayer2000 · · 11 replies · · American Presidency Project · · October 3, 1789 · · George Washington · |
Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:" Now, therefore, I do... |
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| The Revolution | |
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| NBC may give George Washington the dramatic treatment |
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· 11/17/2012 1:35:38 PM PST · · Posted by Pharmboy · · 29 replies · · Washington Post · · Nov 15, 2012 · · Lisa de Moraes · |
NBC is developing a drama series about George Washington, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography "Washington: A Life." In that book, author Ron Chernow wrote that the country's first president "ranks as the most famously elusive figure in American history, a remote, enigmatic personage more revered than truly loved."... The network has ordered a script from David Seidler... "There's George Washington the national icon, starting from the dollar bill with his supposed mouthful of wooden teeth, and then there's the George Washington who had an adulterous affair with his best friend's wife. The George Washington obsessed with social status, finely... |
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| The Mayans | |
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| Mayan Bones Reveal Painful End |
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· 11/23/2012 6:27:19 PM PST · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 23 replies · · Discovery News · · Wednesday, November 14, 2012 · · Rossella Lorenzi · |
Evidence of the miserable life lived by the Maya during the Spanish conquest of the 16th century has emerged in an ancient settlement of Mexico's east coast, as archaeologists unearthed dozens of infant skeletons with signs of malnutrition and acute anemia. Found in the recently opened archaeological site of San Miguelito, in the middle of the hotel chain area of Quintana Roo, near Cancun, the human burials were excavated within 11 housing buildings dating to the Late Postclassic Mayan Period (1200-1550). Archaeologists of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) estimate that at least 30 burials belong... |
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| PreColumbian, Clovis & PreClovis | |
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| How the West Was Lost by Native Americans |
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· 11/21/2012 5:24:18 AM PST · · Posted by Renfield · · 91 replies · · Frontiers of Anthropology · · 11-20-2012 · · Dale Drinnon · |
Everybody knows that Europeans took a lot of land from Native Americans, but this animated GIF by Tumblr user sunisup gives a great sense of just how fast the people living in North America were pushed west after Christopher Columbus "discovered" the continent. She turned an old graphic by Louisiana State professor Sam B. Hillard into a mini-movie that viscerally demonstrates the gradual chopping away of Native American land through cessions, or a surrender of territory to another entity. The green represents Native American land, and any part that turns white was ceded. She writes: "Made because I was having... |
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| The Vikings | |
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| Seal diet provides clue to disappearance of Norse from Greenland |
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· 11/21/2012 5:18:33 AM PST · · Posted by Renfield · · 29 replies · · Past Horizons · · 11-2012 · |
Greenland's Viking settlers, the Norse, disappeared suddenly and mysteriously from Greenland about 500 years ago. Natural disasters, climate change and the inability to adapt have all been proposed as theories to explain their disappearance. But now a Danish-Canadian research team has demonstrated the Norse society did not die out due to an inability to adapt to the Greenlandic diet: an isotopic analysis of their bones shows they ate plenty of seals."Our analysis shows that the Norse in Greenland ate lots of food from the sea, especially seals," says Jan Heinemeier, Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University. "Our analysis shows... |
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| Prehistory & Origins | |
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| Ancient Mariners: Did Neanderthals Sail to Mediterranean? |
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· 11/24/2012 8:17:46 AM PST · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · LiveScience · · Thursday, November 15, 2012 · · Charles Choi · |
Neanderthals and other extinct human lineages might have been ancient mariners, venturing to the Mediterranean islands thousands of years earlier than previously thought. This prehistoric seafaring could shed light on the mental capabilities of these lost relatives of modern humans, researchers say. Scientists had thought the Mediterranean islands were first settled about 9,000 years ago by Neolithic or New Stone Age farmers and shepherds... For instance, obsidian from the Aegean island of Melos was uncovered at the mainland Greek coastal site of Franchthi cave in layers that were about 11,000 years old, while excavations on the southern coast of Cyprus... |
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| Ancient Autopsies | |
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| Scythian warriors show genetic blending between Europeans and Asians |
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· 11/23/2012 6:00:06 PM PST · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 35 replies · · Past Horizons Archaeology · · November 2012 · · Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · |
Evidence of the potential genetic blending between Europeans and Asians has been discovered by a team of researchers led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) within the remains of Scythian warriors living over 2,000 years ago in the Altai region of Mongolia. The Scythians were already documented as the first large Eurasian culture, but were believed to be the product of migration from Europe. The researchers now suggest that the genetic blending is actually a result of the expansion of Scythian culture over the mountains. Studies on ancient mitochondrial DNA of this region suggest that the Altai Mountains played... |
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| Alexander the Great | |
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| Macedonia's 'Indiana Jones' Won't Rest Until He Finds Alexander's Tomb |
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· 11/23/2012 4:40:59 PM PST · · Posted by nickcarraway · · 12 replies · · Radio Free Europe · · November 20, 2012 · |
With his flowing white locks and extravagant manner, Macedonian archaeologist Pasko Kuzman has become something of a celebrity in his native country. Aside from some notable finds in his native Ohrid region, as head of the Cultural Heritage Protection Office he has had a major role in the Macedonian government's controversial, if not provocative, use of ancient historical figures to adorn the capital, Skopje. He's also seen as the force behind the latest beautification effort: the multimillion-dollar project called Skopje 2014. Most contentious is the massive bronze statue of Alexander the Great, erected in 2011. At the time, Greece objected... |
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| Let's Have Jerusalem | |
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| Desecrated Ancient Temple Sheds Light on Early Power Struggles at Tel Beth-Shemesh |
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· 11/19/2012 5:00:25 AM PST · · Posted by Renfield · · 6 replies · · aftau.org · · 11-12-2012 · |
Tel Aviv University researchers have uncovered a unique 11th-century BCE sacred compound at the site of Tel Beth-Shemesh, an ancient village that resisted the aggressive expansion of neighboring Philistines. The newly discovered sacred complex is comprised of an elevated, massive circular stone structure and an intricately constructed building characterized by a row of three flat, large round stones. Co-directors of the dig Prof. Shlomo Bunimovitz and Dr. Zvi Lederman of TAU's Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology say that this temple complex is unparalleled, possibly connected to an early Israelite cult -- and provides remarkable new evidence of the... |
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| Helix, Make Mine a Double | |
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| Scientists Reveal Single Gene Is the Difference Between Humans and Apes |
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· 11/22/2012 12:40:23 PM PST · · Posted by Fractal Trader · · 58 replies · · Medical Daily · · 21 November 2012 · · MAKINI BRICE · |
What makes us human? Some say that it is the development of language, though others argue that animals have language as well. Some say that it is our ability to use tools, though many animals are able to use rocks and other objects as primitive tools. Some say that it is our ability to see death coming. Now, researchers believe that they have found the definitive difference between humans and other primates, and they think that the difference all comes down to a single gene. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland attribute the split of humanity from apes... |
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| Catastrophism & Astronomy | |
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| Rare Fossil Points to Toxic Oceans in Devonian Period |
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· 11/23/2012 5:37:08 PM PST · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 11 replies · · Sci-News · · Friday, November 16th, 2012 · · Natali Anderson · |
A well-preserved crab-like fossil that was found by scientists from Curtin University, Australia, has provided evidence of a toxic ocean environment in the Devonian Period, potentially responsible for the mass extinction 380 million years ago. A study, published in the journal Geology, shows that hydrogen sulphide dependant organisms -- known as Chlorobi -- and sulphate-reducing bacteria had preserved the shell and the muscles of the crab-like creature. "The research presents organic geochemistry as a new tool for paleontologists, enabling them to identify invertebrate fossils and reconstruct their environments from a molecular point of view," explained lead author Ines Melendez, a... |
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| Biology & Cryptobiology | |
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| Weird-Looking, Meat-Eating Sponge Found In Deep Sea |
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· 11/23/2012 4:23:48 PM PST · · Posted by nickcarraway · · 13 replies · · Yahoo News · · Fri, Nov 9, 2012 · · Betty Oskin · |
A new carnivore shaped like a candelabra has been spotted in deep ocean waters off California's Monterey Bay. The meat-eating species was dubbed the "harp sponge," so-called because its structure resembles a harp or lyre turned on its side. A team from the Monterey Bay Research Aquarium Institute in Moss Landing, Calif., discovered the sponge in 2000 while exploring with a remotely operated vehicle. The sponges live nearly 2 miles (3.5 kilometers) beneath the ocean's surface. "We were just amazed. No one had ever seen this animal with their own eyes before," said Lonny Lundsten, an invertebrate biologist at the... |
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| Weird-Looking, Meat-Eating Sponge Found In Deep Sea |
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· 11/23/2012 4:23:48 PM PST · · Posted by nickcarraway · · 13 replies · · Yahoo News · · Fri, Nov 9, 2012 · · Betty Oskin · |
A new carnivore shaped like a candelabra has been spotted in deep ocean waters off California's Monterey Bay. The meat-eating species was dubbed the "harp sponge," so-called because its structure resembles a harp or lyre turned on its side. A team from the Monterey Bay Research Aquarium Institute in Moss Landing, Calif., discovered the sponge in 2000 while exploring with a remotely operated vehicle. The sponges live nearly 2 miles (3.5 kilometers) beneath the ocean's surface. "We were just amazed. No one had ever seen this animal with their own eyes before," said Lonny Lundsten, an invertebrate biologist at the... |
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| Oh So Mysteriouso | |
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| Bizarre Muppet-Like Beast Discovered in Namibia |
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· 11/20/2012 2:46:41 PM PST · · Posted by DogByte6RER · · 69 replies · · Inquisitr · · November 20, 2012 · · Inquisitr · |
In the south African nation of Namibia, a bizarre muppet-like beast has been shot and killed. Unlike its distant relatives -- the abominable snowman, bigfoot, and the chupacabra -- this one has been caught on film. Locals in Namibia were escorting a shooting party through the country when they found the body of the strange muppet-like beast, and they picked it up and brought it back to the town with them, according to the Telegraph. Witnesses to the event said that locals saw the creature scavenging for food. One member of the shooting party shot and wounded the beast, and... |
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The FR software duplicates most of my pings (so far, the record is three). It does this about 80 percent of the time. Anyway, not my fault, but you have my apologies. We've lost two or three members (so far) due to the duplicates. |
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The FR software duplicates most of my pings (so far, the record is three). It does this about 80 percent of the time. Anyway, not my fault, but you have my apologies. We've lost two or three members (so far) due to the duplicates. |
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