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Olmeca Waterproofing Technology Involved Tar

1 posted on 08/17/2008 12:40:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 08/17/2008 12:41:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
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They were supposed to have been miners as well. Busy people. Wouldn't want to mess with them though - they look like BAD DUDES.
6 posted on 08/17/2008 1:16:06 PM PDT by Oatka (A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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4,500 years ago bitumen was used in the Middle East as a glue, waterproofer, etc. (PMC 1692448) Pubmed bitumen use babylonia.


7 posted on 08/17/2008 1:30:54 PM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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We primitives in Appalachia still use it to waterproof roofs, roads and masonry walls, and for making tar babies.


8 posted on 08/17/2008 1:40:37 PM PDT by Rudder
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I wonder what kind of solvents the ancients used to clean that nasty stuff off their skin? They couldn’t buy paint thinner at Home Depot!


12 posted on 08/18/2008 1:24:41 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (When hopelessness replaces hope, it opens the door to evil.)
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