Here's some from Big Bend in Texas.
Posted on 11/17/2007 5:04:54 PM PST by BGHater
Mexican anthropologists have discovered some 5,000-year-old cave paintings predating the Maya civilisation on Yucatan peninsula, Spanish news agency EFE reported.
According to Carlos Augusto of the Faculty of Anthropological Sciences at the Autonomous University of the Yucatan, they found some 60 paintings of man-like figures at the Kab cavern situated near the famous Chichen Itza archaeological site. There are also drawings of animal figures, birds or canines, Augusto said.
Anthropologists attribute them to the pre-Maya epoch, between 5,000 and 7,000 years ago.
Augusto also noted that there are also Mayan 'Ajau' symbols and pottery in the cave from the classical period of that civilisation showing that the cave was occupied at various times over the course of human history.
There are also drawings of crosses that suggest that it was occupied during the epoch of the Spanish conquest, he added.
The cave, made up of tunnels between three and five kilometres long, is a virtual labyrinth eight metres below ground.
He said that the cave 'shows the existence of symbolic thinking in Mesoamerica, when the human groups were still hunters and gatherers', something that he said was of 'extraordinary importance'.
Wow.
Ping a ling.
It is Maya night on FR.
Well, Pre-Mayan night.
What kind of strata? If this tunnel complex was dug in hard rock, then that make this more impressive. Regardless, this reflects a lot of hard work and commitment to the task.
I would NOT print a story like this - without photos!
Did it depict Santa Clause?
That’s exactly what I was thinking!
No, but there was a map on one wall with an arrow pointing to a spot labeled “You are here”.
That goes to show you. You have to ensure you completely seal the basement. If you don’t, who knows where your chained up ex mother in law ends up.
That is funny.
lol
Another wall has what appears to be the earliest known game of Hangman.
Doggie Pictures!?
The first pics of the family dog; most popular subject of any snap shot collection, for the last 7k years.
This is great news.. perhaps the Mexican government can hire its own people to do more reserach on this great discovery...instead of sending them north..
Send some Coyotes in there to do some spelunking.
If you get a chance to visit Guatemala today, hopefully in between the times when they are slaughtering each other, there is something striking in the appearance of the people.
They either look like Mayans, or they look like Olmecs.
That is, they look like the Mayans depicted on codex scrolls, carvings and paintings, or they look much like the giant basalt stone heads left behind by the Olmecs. Rounder heads, with flatter, almost negroid noses.
Having been there, I’ve reached the conclusion that if Guatemala was managed by Germans, it would be heaven. But as it is, it is heaven in the midst of the civil war between the angels.
Having been there, I’ve reached the conclusion that if Guatemala was managed by Germans, it would be heaven. But as it is, it is heaven in the midst of the civil war between the angels.
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Huh?...you lost me somewhere. Maybe it’s the six-pack of Coors Light I’ve had to night, but I’m not understanding this.
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