Posted on 11/07/2004 5:39:09 PM PST by blam
2004: Top finds on Bolivian highlands
Finnish scientists discovered the most significant relics of antiquity in recent Bolivian history.
In the excavations on Pariti Island in Lake Titicaca, in the highlands of Bolivia, the historical-archaeological research team of the University of Helsinki discovered a ritual offering site with well-preserved pieces of ceramics. The find adds substantially to what is known about the Tiwanaku culture, which flourished before the Incas and for which the island was probably an important religious site.
“The dig contained approximately 300 kilograms of deliberately broken ritual ceramics, which, according to radiocarbon dating, have been buried sometime between 900–1050 AD,” says Antti Korpisaari, an archaeologist from Renvall Institute. “Some twenty vessels have been preserved intact. The objects can be compared to the best china of a royal household or sacramental communion vessels.”
Many types and ornamental elements of vessels discovered on Pariti were completely new to scientists. People are depicted very realistically on the objects, providing a rare insight into the life of the Tiwanaku elite.
“By comparing small details, such as clothing, headgear, jewellery and even facial characteristics, to other finds from the highland area, we can actually start drawing conclusions about the ethnic identities of the people who lived there at the time. The discovery also provides new information on the relationship between the Inca and Tiwanaku cultures,” Korpisaari says.
The historical-archaeological project Formations and Transformations of Ethnic Identities in the South Central Andes, AD 700–1825 also included an extensive general survey of the Bolivian highlands during the fieldwork season of 2004. This, for example, led to the discovery of the location of ancient Paria, the lost Southern centre of the Inca state.
Read more about the research activities of the project on its website.
Text: Sanna Schildt Photo: Antti Korpisaari www.helsinki.fi/verkkotoimitus
Translation: Valtasana Oy
There was a Rabbi who was shipwrecked on an island. He knew that there was no way he could get off so he decided to make the best of it.
One day in his exploration of the island he came across an interesting tribe of people. They devised some kind of communication and he found out they called themselves Trids. He asked if he could join the tribe. The Trids said yes. So the Rabbi did everything that the Trids did.
One day about a month after the Rabbi joined the Trids, there was a loud trumpet sounding. The Trids all lined up and started walking up the hill. The Rabbi joined them thinking it was some religious ceremony. The Trids stopped on top of a cliff by the sea. They were in a straight line. The Rabbi followed. Then a giant came out of the woods and began to kick each Trid off the cliff. The giant passed the Rabbi and continued to kicked the Trids off the cliff. When the Giant was finished, the Rabbi went to the Giant and asked why he didn't get kicked off. The Giant replied, "Silly Rabbi, kicks are for Trids!"
my pleasure
Chiapetish.....
Did they find Che Guevara's rotting ass up there? Viva la Revolucion! haha, stupid communist ideologue...
Hey, it was either that, or "let your Pages do the walking through the Yellow Fingers"... ;')
~Groan~
...the entourage hadn't ridden a mile out of Camelot before Sir Lancelot could be seen giving pursuit on his galloping horse, shouting, "King Arthur! King Arthur! You left me the wrong key!"
I assumed he meant Jewish. I believe the Olmecs were around before there were people who were identified as Jews.
Kinda makes ya think about 12 tribes being scattered to the four corners of the Earth, don't it?
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Wow.
No, and it was ten tribes, not twelve.
BUMP
Pretty obviously looks like what we would consider Peruvian -- the long nose, high cheekbones etc. are what you'd see in Spanish conquistador paintings from the 16th century.
looks kinda like a Zen Buddha ;-P
Well, you look at Jews from Yemen, from Ethiopia, from India and from Europe -- they all look different, even if they have the same Judaic blood.
Chapapoyas or related to them maybe?
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