Two examples of potato-shaped ceramics from the Moche culture of Peru. L: Anthropomorphic potato vessel from 400 AD in the Larco Museum, Peru. R: Potato shaped vessel from the Larco Museum, Peru.L: LARCO MUSEUM / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS / CC BY SA 3.0. R: PATTYCH / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS / CC BY SA 3.0

1 posted on
11/07/2018 8:56:01 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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3 posted on
11/07/2018 9:00:32 PM PST by
Paladin2
To: SunkenCiv
I think Black Pepper also used to be used mainly by Nobility Sultans or High Priests. Amazing how much we take for granted in today’s world. Forks have their own separate history as well.
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The second potato vessel is not a potatoe, it's a Jerusalem artichoke tuber.

5 posted on
11/07/2018 9:16:54 PM PST by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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New research, however, has shown that our understanding of New World potato consumption is biased by the fact the starchy vegetable is nearly always consumed in its entirety. Who got the grant money to figure that one out?
11 posted on
11/07/2018 11:57:56 PM PST by
Hugin
("Not one step from his weapons should a traveler take"...Havamal 38)
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Some Moche religious practices even involved ritual human sacrifice. Notice how they try to soft pedal the human sacrifice component.
Human sacrifice is an abomination to the entire idea of the sanctity of life and the idea that people are valuable and have rights by the nature of their being.
Human sacrifice is essentially what the left does and sanctions, only their god is the state.
14 posted on
11/08/2018 1:37:51 AM PST by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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Depictions Of sex acts
More Peruvian Potato porn.
22 posted on
11/08/2018 12:00:40 PM PST by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Someone apparently realized that the flaw in the study is that potatoes are usually totally consumed. Especially in times of famine.
Otherwise, we’d have artifacts of potato necklaces held together by golden chains. And every Irishman would claim to be a descendant of kings.
25 posted on
11/09/2018 10:27:09 AM PST by
wildbill
(Quis Custodiet ipsos custodes? Who watches the watchmen?)
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