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Mass Grave Found in California Reveals Prehistoric Violence Against ‘Outsiders’
Western Digs ^
| September 28, 2015
| Blake de Pastino
Posted on 10/02/2015 11:34:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
...Now, chemical analysis has revealed that the men were far from home when they were killed, up to several days journey from where they were born and raised.
The discovery is only the most recent example of violence among prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the region, anthropologists say. But it bears important lessons about the nature of conflict and warfare in pre-contact California...
The grave was unearthed in 2012 during the construction of a shopping center in the town of Pleasanton, in the Amador Valley just east of Oakland...
One of the men suffered a severe blow above the left eye, causing fractures that radiated through the side of his skull.
Another took a blow above the right eye, and a flake of obsidian was found by his pelvis.
Still another contained a biface, or knife-shaped blade, made of chert between his ribs.
All of the remains returned the same radiocarbon range, dating to around the year 850 CE.
(Excerpt) Read more at westerndigs.org ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; california; godsgravesglyphs; obsidian; precolumbian; precolumbiangenocide
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To: nikos1121
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posted on
10/03/2015 3:28:50 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Looky! Another troll!)
To: BobL
22
posted on
10/03/2015 3:30:11 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: Bikkuri
B.C.E. Before Common Era.Thats one way that Ljberals avoid saying Before Christ.No more 850 BC.
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posted on
10/03/2015 3:53:59 AM PDT
by
puppypusher
( The World is going to the dogs.)
To: SunkenCiv
I am sure their pre-historic Democrat equivalent wanted to impose obsidian-control!
24
posted on
10/03/2015 4:12:41 AM PDT
by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: SunkenCiv
25
posted on
10/03/2015 4:36:23 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
To: nikos1121
Common Era
Leftist fascists believe saying Anno Domini will burn their tongues out of their heads.
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posted on
10/03/2015 5:03:00 AM PDT
by
Adder
(No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
To: SunkenCiv
First impression is that they were rather long legged fellows.
27
posted on
10/03/2015 5:04:57 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled-...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: SunkenCiv
*that person* is completely unable to understand how to get from a to b. By going through R, Y, and U first.
To: Adder
CE and BCE drive me crazy.
I read a lot of old books and when I read something newer and come across CE or BCE it is like driving across an annoying speed bump that shouldn't be there in the first place.
29
posted on
10/03/2015 5:16:34 AM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Will no one rid us of this meddlesome president?)
To: Bikkuri
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posted on
10/03/2015 5:31:09 AM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
To: SunkenCiv
Stop the obsidian violence !
No sanctuary cities ?
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posted on
10/03/2015 5:38:47 AM PDT
by
csvset
( Illegitimi non carborundum)
To: Brad from Tennessee
"It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way." ~Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian
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posted on
10/03/2015 5:39:08 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Arm_Bears
To: SunkenCiv
I was curious as to where the locals got the obsidian.
A map showing areas where obsidian can be found and an article about obsidian collecting in the field.
![](http://www.californiaprehistory.com/gifs/Obsidmap.gif)
Geological Outings Around the Bay: Napa Glass Mountain
I'm assuming the locals must have traveled or traded with folks from the Napa area, (that would have been closest to the Bay Area.)
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posted on
10/03/2015 5:57:08 AM PDT
by
csvset
( Illegitimi non carborundum)
To: csvset
Can’t be true; because early Californians lived in a perfect Eden before the arrival of Father Serra and the racist Europeans, who made them put down their weapons and taught them farming (raising their food levels), construction techniques, writing, etc.
To: Arm_Bears
Nope, it’s Common Era. Post 26 is correct.
To: Bikkuri
C.E.?!What is that, Century Entertainment?It stands for "Christian Era". Repeat that and have fun watching lefty heads pop.
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posted on
10/03/2015 7:28:42 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: nikos1121
year 850 CE?There's BCE - Before Christian Era
...And CE - Christian Era.
:)
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posted on
10/03/2015 7:29:34 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: SunkenCiv
Didn’t they realize that diversity was their strength?
To: SoCal Pubbie
I know that.
I prefer Christian Era—And Before Christian Era.
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posted on
10/03/2015 7:45:26 AM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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