Archive for January 18th, 2007

the rock paintings of Mount Latmus

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Turkish Daily News article on the rock paintings of Mount Latmus in Turkey.  The defining characteristics:

“There are numerous rock paintings in the world. However, those in Mt. Latmos are unique in terms of their language and theme. The rock paintings discovered in Western Europe featured mainly animal figures as well as war and hunting scenes whereas the representation of family and mother-child figures are the principal motives in the rock paintings found on Mt. Latmos. There are no hunting scenes or scenes from nomadic life here. They also don’t focus on the individual but show man in a social context, emphasizing social life.”

170 paintings have been found so far, and date back to 6,000 BC. The mountains are also known as BeÅŸparmak. Mirrored it locally.

miliolites of Saurashtra

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

An article on using limestone calledmiliolite to date stone tools embedded within it in theSaurashtra region of India.

local mirror.

stone slab with carvings found in Vietnam

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

This story will probably not be followed up on, but:

A 3 sq. m wide slab of stone believed to be an altar for prehistoric people has been discovered in Xin Man district, northern mountainous Ha Giang province.

The stone slab is propped up on three stone pillars, 200m away from a field discovered two years ago full of ancient stone slabs with strange carvings.

Archaeologists from the Viet Nam Institute of Archaeology are now studying the significance of the carvings and odd patterns on the stone, to try to come up with ways of preserving them from the ravages of time and weather.

I hope that more on the carvings on the slab surfaces.

Chachapoya ruins in Peru

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

The site is called Huaca la Penitenciaria, and it’s unusually for the Chachapoya, in that it is unfortified, and on the edge of their known territory. More here.

the last time we heard from the Chachapoya was when the cave full of mummies were found last fall.