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by ron davis
Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:44 pm
Forum: New World
Topic: Sept 2007 Peru Meteorite Impact--Illness?
Replies: 2
Views: 2585

Re: Sept 2007 Peru Meteorite Impact--Illness?

Are there any other examples where meteorites have been said to cause illness, besides in The War of the World's?
by ron davis
Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:38 am
Forum: New World
Topic: Tiwanaku Stone Work
Replies: 10
Views: 10081

Re: Tiwanaku Stone Work

The only works I know of that deal with the Tiwanaku stonework scientifically are the descriptions of Prof. J.P. Protzen and Dr. Stella Nair. Does anyone know of others?
by ron davis
Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:50 am
Forum: New World
Topic: Were Quipus used to send messages?
Replies: 13
Views: 7419

Were Quipus used to send messages?

Power in the Inca Empire was so centralized that the last ruler, Atahualpa, continued to administer with absolute authority even while in prolonged Spanish captivity. My question is how the Inca had been able to exercise this asolute authority over vast distances of thousands of miles without a syst...
by ron davis
Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:18 am
Forum: New World
Topic: Sept 2007 Peru Meteorite Impact--Illness?
Replies: 2
Views: 2585

Sept 2007 Peru Meteorite Impact--Illness?

Has anyone ever heard of meteorites causing mass disease shortly after impact?

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by ron davis
Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:51 pm
Forum: New World
Topic: Tiwanaku Stone Work
Replies: 10
Views: 10081

Re: Tiwanaku Stone Work

It may be that to focus their efforts on something inconclusive like the Tiwanaku stonework is not a wise career move for young archaeologists. And who would they study under, anyway? Ancient stonework seems to attract people with wild ideas. These ideas are generally far less interesting than the o...
by ron davis
Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:11 pm
Forum: New World
Topic: Tiwanaku Stone Work
Replies: 10
Views: 10081

Tiwanaku Stone Work

For me Tiwanaku remains a place of mystery and wonder, even after nearly 40 years of visiting. Some years ago I was fortunate to have spent a little time with Prof. J.P. Protzen of U.C. Berkeley while he and his student Stella Nair were investigating the astounding stone work of the Puma Punku part ...