Prehistoric Tools, Weapons Discovered In Peruvian Andes

Middle East Times ^ | 8-20-2006

[blam]

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[Don Corleone]

Stone axes, spearheads, and weapons were found in the main square of San Pedro de Chavin de Huantar, an Andean town some 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of Lima, officials said.

No Nintendo or Ipods were found however.

[etcetera]

So the first Peruvians were French?

[SunkenCiv]

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[Marius3188]

Whats amazing about Chavin, is how how it is. I'm talking 10,000 ft/elevation, very harsh conditions(well, in todays terms).

Who knows how it was 10,000 years ago.

[Salamander]

Why do you ask?
Was there evidence to suggest the weapons had never been used and were later dropped while running?......:)

[etcetera]

"Why do you ask? Was there evidence to suggest the weapons had never been used and were later dropped while running?......:)"

LOL! No, I'm not casting aspersions upon the ancient Peruvuans! It's just that a lot of old stone tools were found in prehistoric sites in France and there appears to be come commonality of design with their New World counterparts.

[Salamander]

Funny you would mention that.
I have a greenstone full groove "hammer" or "ax" that was found up on the ridge near my house. [Appalachian mountains of western MD]
The tool type is usually ascribed as having been made by the enigmatic "archaic/woodland Indians".
The resemble more than anything else, ancient stone tools commonly found in Europe.
I'm sure you've heard of the "Pangaea" theory.
What if the tools were here *before* the continents drifted apart and have nothing at all to do with "Indians"?

[that's just one of the many strange things I sit and wonder about]....;D

[Renfield]

"...Whats amazing about Chavin, is how how it is..."

how how it is???

[Marius3188]

Sorry...i blame the computer....

[blam]

"What if the tools were here *before* the continents drifted apart and have nothing at all to do with "Indians"? "

Africa and South America broke apart 120 million years ago. Thre weren't even humans then.

[Salamander]

"Thre weren't even humans then."

And how do you know?
Were you there?.....;-D


[I *said* it was one of the ~strange~ things I think about. besides...this could quickly become a Crevo thread, now].....;]

[blam]

Never mind.

[Salamander]

Okey-dokey.....:)

You must be a really good person.
Your dogs obviously adore you.

[blam]

"You must be a really good person. Your dogs obviously adore you."

Yup. I love my doggies. They get the 'top-of-the-line' everything.

[Ciexyz]

Cool!

[Salamander]

I see a lot of stuff on FReeper pages but yours is one of those special few that really tugged at my heart.

Of all the voluminous statements about yourself that you could have made, you simply chose that one picture instead....and it says more about you than a thousand words could ever express.....:)

[etcetera]

"What if the tools were here *before* the continents drifted apart and have nothing at all to do with "Indians"?

Funny you should mention THAT!

Here's an article that claims the dates for North American paleo-Indian artifacts are way off because of a cosmic nuclear event that altered the detected age of certain rocks.

If the article is correct, that "Indian" hammer you have may be older than you think. 8-)

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Sorry, here's the link to the original article....