tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4150507.post2251858693090012270..comments2023-04-26T03:23:53.260-06:00Comments on Odious and Peculiar: Peculiarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849337750990440147noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4150507.post-18491792904061383542008-04-29T13:18:00.000-06:002008-04-29T13:18:00.000-06:00Very cool eagley thunderbirdy pictographs. So far...Very cool eagley thunderbirdy pictographs. So far this has been a rock art free season but we're still looking for geoglyphs.Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4150507.post-73683840466705655532008-04-20T20:46:00.000-06:002008-04-20T20:46:00.000-06:00Yeah, these folks seemed to like curvy walls. Pret...Yeah, these folks seemed to like curvy walls. Pretty elegant masonry, really. There were some funny little niches walled in with gracefully bending little mini-walls.Peculiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849337750990440147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4150507.post-27549520814348531442008-04-19T22:22:00.000-06:002008-04-19T22:22:00.000-06:00Fantastic ruin! The curves of the overhang and roc...Fantastic ruin! The curves of the overhang and rock blending with the curve of the masonry is really striking. Very different than the Mesa Verde ruins, for example. Thanks for the photos & links!mdmnmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00191436711956580423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4150507.post-30148992418518126092008-04-19T17:15:00.000-06:002008-04-19T17:15:00.000-06:00As you say, the massacres have been known since th...As you say, the massacres have been known since the 1930s, but they did not fit into the "peaceful, corn-growing ceremonialists" narrative pushed by the National Park Service at its Ancestral Puebloan sites.<BR/><BR/>I learned about this culture years back from an NPS archaeologist at Chaco, who pointed out that the Chacoan road system ran in every direction but towards the Gallinas area. So he figured that the two groups were enemies.<BR/><BR/>The same archaeologist said that in the 1940s, one of the national magazines such as Saturday Evening Post had run an article on them with a title like, "Towers of Silence," but I never have tried to track it down.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the Chaco Police raided them after accusations of child abuse.<BR/>;-)Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4150507.post-92071106309743011182008-04-19T17:14:00.000-06:002008-04-19T17:14:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.com