Posted on 04/24/2023 12:58:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Define “old age” for a 1000AD Chaco Canton laborer.
My guess is they weren’t making it into their forties.
The last time I was there I drove that washboard road on my “Adventure” motorcycle. My trip was 8,000 miles long that summer. Those were the most fun 10-15 miles of the entire trip.
Ah! Sideways. Good idea. (Yes, that’s using your head(s) outside of the ivory tower.
/so the earlier “peer-reviewed” paper touting the weight of the logs was wrong, eh?
(Woyld laz head it?)
This is how they did it at Stonehenge? And the pyramids?
Maybe that is why their “roads” were so wide.
No wonder the remains of Indians found in that area suffered from arthritis of the back and neck and only lived to around 35-40 years of age.
Bump
The word 'MAY' should never appear in a scientific paper. Its basically saying we really have no idea but this is one of a hundred possible ways they could have done it.
Lazy research.
Nick...
You are on fire today with tree stories!
First, a tree filled with cement destroys power lines.
Second, two guys with PhD.s walk around Colorado with a 130 pound log strapped to their heads.
Why do I think that having 65 pounds of wood pressing down on the top of my skull, for an extended period of time, is not a good idea?
probably permanently f-ed up their cervical spine, they just don’t know it yet ...
Is it arbor day?
3 guys, 200 pound log on shoulders, 2 on one side, center guy on other side.
Either case, periodically switch sides to give shoulders a rest; can't do that using ones head. Also, co cordage ,etc needed.
Walking single file prevents problems encountered with this trumpline method.
Nah. I've been to Chaco Canyon. Amazing place. But if you are over 5' tall, you are bending over most of the time wandering through the structures. I'm 6'-1" and it was a struggle getting through the place.
Pretty clean cut on those logs, there, Prof. I’m guessing he didn’t use stone tools.
That would explain the Flathead Indians........................
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