Posted on 07/26/2009 7:14:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The party was over more than 4,000 years ago, but the remnants still remain in the gourds and squashes that served as dishware. For the first time, University of Missouri researchers have studied the residues from gourds and squash artifacts that date back to 2200 B.C. and recovered starch grains from manioc, potato, chili pepper, arrowroot and algarrobo. The starches provide clues about the foods consumed at feasts and document the earliest evidence of the consumption of algarrobo and arrowroot in Peru...
In the study, researchers recovered starch grains from squash and gourd artifacts by a method that currently is used to recover microfossils from stone tools and ceramics. First, the artifact was placed in a special water bath to loosen and remove adhering residue. Then the artifact's interior surface was lightly brushed to remove any remaining residue. The residues were collected, and starch grains were isolated from each of these sediments.
(Excerpt) Read more at eurekalert.org ...
Gourd and squash artifacts were recovered from the sunken pit and platform in the Fox Temple at the Buena Vista site in central Peru. (Credit: Neil Duncan) This image shows archaeological starch granules recovered from gourd and squash artifacts from Buena Vista. (Credit: Neil Duncan)
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They also found a pair of underwear no one was claiming.
/johnny
KRYTEN: Oh my goodness... Oooh... Oh my head... what happened to me? Damage control report. (He pulls a slip of paper from a slot in his chest and reads it.)
"Dehydration Level: 45.
Recall Of Previous Evening: 2.
Embarrasment Factor: 91.
Advised Repair Schedule: Reboot Startup disk, offline for 36 hours, and replace head."
Boy, what an evening.
The others stir and begin reluctantly to wake up.
KRYTEN: Is it just me, or is that cockroach shuffling too loudly?
RIMMER: Kryten, it's called a hangover. Don't panic.
LISTER: On a mining ship, 3 million years into deep space, can someone explain to me where the smeg I got this traffic cone?
CAT: Hey, it's not a good night unless you get a traffic cone. It's the policewoman's helmet and the suspenders I don't understand. (Holds up the offending items.)
I had forgotten about that show. It's been ages since I've owned a TV.
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I had forgotten about that show. It's been ages since I've owned a TV.
/johnny
Disaster That Struck The Ancients
"His inspiration was the little known tomb in southern Egypt of a regional governor, Ankhtifi. The hieroglyphs there reported "all of Upper Egypt was dying of hunger to such a degree that everyone had come to eating their children".
"What they show is a sudden and dramatic drop in rainfall, by 20%. It is the largest climate event in 5,000 years. And the date? 2,200 BC."
Ogg like beer...manioc & chili pepper beer...Ogg Party Hardy...Ogg clean house in morning...Ogg sleep now.
% Tonite we’re gonna party like it’s 1999... BC %
My work here is done...
/johnny
Apparently they must have been out of their gour- uh, forget it...
Did they party like these guys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCAM3C3dpIA
*warning: Adult Content!*
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