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Started by The Good Reverend Roger, February 01, 2013, 09:49:55 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

February 01, 2013, 09:49:55 PM
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50669647/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Okay, so WHY did 9,000 hunter-gatherers meet together to build a big fucking dirt pile?  What were they burying?  And if they went to that much effort, WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DIG IT UP.

Louisiana over.  Ancient eldritch horror wins.
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Suu

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February 01, 2013, 10:02:30 PM
You don't touch burial mounds.

You just...don't.

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#2
February 01, 2013, 10:04:54 PM
Clearly aliens.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#3
February 01, 2013, 10:05:33 PM
There is NO WAY this is going to end well.
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The Good Reverend Roger

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February 01, 2013, 10:47:27 PM
Quote from: Suu on February 01, 2013, 10:02:30 PM
You don't touch burial mounds.

You just...don't.

Apparently not a burial mound. 
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Trivial

#5
February 02, 2013, 12:11:59 AM
Probably a henge.
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Richter

#6
February 02, 2013, 12:52:27 AM
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#7
February 02, 2013, 12:59:55 AM
 :lulz: This seems to be a good time to mention that approximately 1/4 of my ancestors were mound builders, and as far as everyone I've ever talked to knows, they built them because of reasons.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Richter

#8
February 02, 2013, 01:06:32 AM
...where WERE those groups dedicated to futzing up the busybodies trying to dig up their ancestor's bits?
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The Good Reverend Roger

#9
February 02, 2013, 01:50:50 AM
Quote from: Richter on February 02, 2013, 01:06:32 AM
...where WERE those groups dedicated to futzing up the busybodies trying to dig up their ancestor's bits?

I can't see 9000 people coming together for 90 days or so, in a society that maintained 25-30 people in a group, to bury someone.

Just saying.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#10
February 02, 2013, 01:51:19 AM
Quote from: Mome Papess Trivial on February 02, 2013, 12:11:59 AM
Probably a henge.

Why must you poop on my parade?   :sad:

TGRR,
Is waiting for some of that "scoured earth" action.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Richter

#11
February 02, 2013, 02:35:28 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 02, 2013, 01:50:50 AM
Quote from: Richter on February 02, 2013, 01:06:32 AM
...where WERE those groups dedicated to futzing up the busybodies trying to dig up their ancestor's bits?

I can't see 9000 people coming together for 90 days or so, in a society that maintained 25-30 people in a group, to bury someone.

Just saying.

I'd agree there.  Hunter - gatherers don't congregate in those numbers.  That assumption about their social structure could be incorrect, the time over which it was built could be incorrect, too many unknowns...
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 22, 2015, 03:00:53 AM
Anyone ever think about how Richter inhabits the same reality as you and just scream and scream and scream, but in a good way?   :lulz:

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#12
February 02, 2013, 02:54:55 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 02, 2013, 01:50:50 AM
Quote from: Richter on February 02, 2013, 01:06:32 AM
...where WERE those groups dedicated to futzing up the busybodies trying to dig up their ancestor's bits?

I can't see 9000 people coming together for 90 days or so, in a society that maintained 25-30 people in a group, to bury someone.

Just saying.

They didn't live in small nomadic groups, they lived in towns with houses and governments. The towns were typically part of larger settlements, and they had large annual gatherings for trade and celebration and whatnot. They also farmed, mostly corn, beans, squash, and tomatoes. It was a pretty densely-populated area, pre-pandemic.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Trivial

#13
February 02, 2013, 04:30:49 AM
Hunter Gatherers did create Gobekli Tepe, though yeah these might have been farmers.
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The Good Reverend Roger

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February 02, 2013, 06:07:24 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on February 02, 2013, 02:54:55 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 02, 2013, 01:50:50 AM
Quote from: Richter on February 02, 2013, 01:06:32 AM
...where WERE those groups dedicated to futzing up the busybodies trying to dig up their ancestor's bits?

I can't see 9000 people coming together for 90 days or so, in a society that maintained 25-30 people in a group, to bury someone.

Just saying.

They didn't live in small nomadic groups, they lived in towns with houses and governments. The towns were typically part of larger settlements, and they had large annual gatherings for trade and celebration and whatnot. They also farmed, mostly corn, beans, squash, and tomatoes. It was a pretty densely-populated area, pre-pandemic.

I'm just going by the article.  I don't know shit about their culture, to be frank (and obvious).
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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