Major Archaeological Find In Puerto Rico

At&T.Net ^ | 10-28-20073 | Laura N Perez Sanchez

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Migraine]

The petroglyphs include the carving of a human figure with masculine features and frog legs. The French sailed that long ago????? Naaaaaah; frog legs, yes; masculine, no.

[nesnah]

Oh GEEEZZ!!!! I thought they might have found some remnants of a past Book of Mormon civilization, but I guess they’re still looking for that. Too bad, though. Mitt would’ve had a field day come tomorrow.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

"Archeologists have known since 1985 that the area contained indigenous artifacts. But their extent and significance only became clear this month when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began work on removing them so the land could be used for a dam project.

Experts called for a halt to the excavation, saying the use of heavy machinery exposed the stones to the elements and may have destroyed important artifacts. The Corps of Engineers has said the site will be preserved. "

~Preserved under the Dam or the lake?~

[dbacks]

A bit snarky, are we?

[Brofholdonow]

I hope they find my stolen hubcaps from the 70’s...

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Latin America Pinglist.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Puerto Rico ping.

[maine-iac7]

Never let it be said that a chance to knock the LDS ever got by the snarkys

[Poison Pill]

“Archaeologists also uncovered several graves with bodies buried face-down with the legs bent at the knees - a style never seen before in the region.”

Sounds like a mob hit.

[Old Mountain man]

Bless you, comedian!

[ReignOfError]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - U.S. and Puerto Rican archaeologists

BZZZZZZT!! Five words into the article before the first error.

Puerto Rican archaeologists are U.S. archaeologists. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.

[ReignOfError]

Construction goes on above, below and beside the dam, as well as upstream (i.e. under the lake).

[SunkenCiv]

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[cll]

For a minute there I thought they had found the resting grounds of Raul Julia, judging from the pic in the article. I'll ping the list tomorrow. Happy Halloween...

[blam]

(Over here. I messed up and posted this article twice)

Whenever a new pile of petroglyphs is found in the Americas the first thing everyone looks for are Scandinavian forms an designs.
I've already done that with the limited number of elements readily accessed on the Internet.

There are a huge percentage of the oldest Scandinavian stuff (5 to 7 thousand years old) that have legs that could arguably be "froglike". On the other hand, the more recent Viking cultures did some faces like the one shown in the examples.

The reason to look for these things is that the bow and arrow was brought to the Americas just about the time the Vikings got an improved, and seagoing, boat hull design from the Sa'ami on the Arctic Ocean.

That's anywhere from 800 to 900 AD.

The dates proposed for these petroglyphs conveniently cover that time frame.

I bet this guy gets some nice grants from some important archaeological programs at top level universities REAL DARNED SOON!!!

2 posted on 10/28/2007 7:17:22 PM CDT by muawiyah

[muawiyah]

They are safe in New York City. Gilbet Colon’s cousin has them. He’s in Indonesia or something.

[blam]

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