Come on guys, its starting to sound like kindergarten playground braggin..."My daddy's bigger than your daddy"...
madeupstuff...
try education..it is a wonderful thing...
nice pottery shard, I suspect it is post contact.
Not at all. I am simply correcting what I regard as serious misinformation. It's simply far more complex to let such a simplification slide past. Heck, I ain't bragging in the least! I'm speaking up on behalf of the ancient Anasazi and for the knowledge that we do very much possess on those people and their artistic elements. How is that bragging? I'm defending education for heaven's sake. Why would I not? In any event, please understand, I will be the last to actually fight over this should someone chose to argue about it. Believe me, one and all, I will happily simply walk away from this forum then fight at this point. I'm entitled to elaborate on my original post, am I not Quite happily walk away. No problem.
look at it this way, stefen. The comment that "everyone's....story is made up" regarding Kokopelli may convey the perception that all interpretations are modern, or just from a Western cultural point of view. I saw the need to clearly point out that included among the "everyone" are the people for whom this iconic character has had a depth of meaning spanning centuries, and whose opinion is likely to be more meaningful then "it's all made up " would potentially suggest to forum members who know nothing at all about the subject. The comment left was simply too simplistic and counter-to-a-better education where the subject is concerned.
That's not bragging, sir.
there is no one alive, on earth, who knows what ancient rock art means.
there are people rather well informed, who may make educated guesses.
it is still, the best guess going. <that's a period...and means, what ever the argument you may believe, this is reality.
and it is all the answer you will receive from any anthropologist.<<<< another period.
...but horses were a fairly late introduction....
...but horses were a fairly late introduction....