Fabulous!
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Posted on 02/26/2008 6:28:06 AM PST by blam
Don’t forget. The world was much warmer in those days.
“...they needed the extra stimulation...”
Nah. They just liked it.
That was Alexander von Humboldt who made that report.
He reported that these nearly naked people were short and plump and made their living from the sea while there was another group who were tall, slim (who wore animal skins)and who made their living as hunters on land.
Because the shoreline was so rocky and the water so rough, the boats were anchored off-shore in the kelp beds. It was the woman's chore to swin out to the kelp beds and fetch the boats for the male fishermen.
A diet high in seafood (high vitamin D content) would/could eliminate that problem.
You come up with some of the darndest things! ... Pictures... and observations!
I love ‘em all!
Danke sehr, gnädiger Herr!
Und ihr auch!
Fabulous!
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Cheers!
Great pic-—so realistic-——where does she keep her sword?
Yes, the world was somewhat warmer in those days, before about 1200 ad. An interesting factoid is that the cooling may have been part of the cause of worsening of master/serf relations. In the warmer period most of the community slept in the central structure/donjon/keep. The masters and mistresses had close contact with the people they ruled as they were all in one large sleeping area. With the advent of constant cold weather, walled off rooms and fireplaces became the norm and the rulers were distanced from the ruled. Clothing undoubtedly underwent modifications as well.
Blam: I tried to private message you to thank you for the Humbolt link, but for some reason my computer did not want to send a private message. So thanks.
Yes, the world was somewhat warmer in those days, before about 1200 ad. An interesting factoid is that the cooling may have been part of the cause of worsening of master/serf relations. In the warmer period most of the community slept in the central structure/donjon/keep. The masters and mistresses had close contact with the people they ruled as they were all in one large sleeping area. With the advent of constant cold weather, walled off rooms and fireplaces became the norm and the rulers were distanced from the ruled. Clothing undoubtedly underwent modifications as well.
Blam: I tried to private message you to thank you for the Humbolt link, but for some reason my computer did not want to send a private message. So thanks.
So it posted here twice, lol. (Looks like an FR problem). You're welcome.
Somewhere around here, in one of my books, I have a picture/drawing of that nursing woman in the canoe approaching Humboldt's sailing ship that is at anchor. She's reaching up either begging or trading something at the side of the ship, bare breasted, with the baby in her arms.
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