5,400 yr old canals in Peru

Frank Harrist · Post by **Frank Harrist** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:33 am

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ ... 012406.php

stan · Post by **stan** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:58 pm

This is a case in which a picture would be worth a thousand words.
(badly translated from Spanish?)

The new kind of building is a "yard."??

It doesn't have a roof... it sounds like a series of open stalls or
booths where craftsmen worked....

It's neat, but what is "unique" about the construction"?

Couldn't find any pictures in a brief search.

Leona Conner · Post by **Leona Conner** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:22 pm

All I could get from the article is that whatever it is, they haven't found another anywhere else. Maybe that's what's so unique?

Rokcet Scientist · Post by **Rokcet Scientist** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:03 am

[quote="Leona Conner"]All I could get from the article is that whatever it is, they haven't found another anywhere else. Maybe that's what's so unique?[/quote]

Indeed, that is the definition of 'unique', isn't it? But I agree that it is very UNinformative otherwise.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:47 am

Rokcet Scientist wrote:
Leona Conner wrote:All I could get from the article is that whatever it is, they haven't found another anywhere else. Maybe that's what's so unique?
Indeed, that is the definition of 'unique', isn't it? But I agree that it is very UNinformative otherwise.

Sorry I posted it. It was sorta about Nazca is the only reason I put it up. I think they mean "walled plaza" when they say "yard".

stan · Post by **stan** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:58 am

I still think it is badly translated Spanish,or perhaps
written in English by a person whose first language is espanol.
But, Michelle, don't apologize for posting it...
Apparently nothing like it has been found before
in Peru.
But wouldn't a picture be nice? Soon we will see one, I imagine.

Frank Harrist · Post by **Frank Harrist** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:36 pm

Sorry Stan, but it was me who posted it and me who apologized for doing so. It pertained to the Nazca area and I was kinda bored so I just stuck it on here. I just kinda scanned over it quickly and didn't notice how little sense it made. I do think that "yard" means "plaza".

stan · Post by **stan** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:43 pm

Michelle did post it on the Archaeologica News for Jan. 24.
That's where I saw it first, and your apology was signed"Guest," so I thought she was apologizing!
But anyway, its OK.

You're probably right about "yard" and "plaza"!

Frank Harrist · Post by **Frank Harrist** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:57 pm

Archaeologica.org

5,400 yr old canals in Peru

Something from the Nazca area

what is it?

stan gilliam