Pre-Columbian general Anonymous 04-01-22 19:44:47 No. 9252 [View All]
ITT post information about the history and anthropology of the New World. A lot of new anthropological work has been done in this field in recent decades that has not yet entered public consciousness.
60 posts and 76 image replies omitted. Anonymous 21-11-22 12:54:50 No. 12043
>>12035 I'm just gonna start with Richard White's
The Middle Ground I guess.
Anonymous 21-09-23 21:54:43 No. 20553
The first battle between a Mesoamerican army and Spanish colonists actually happened in 1517, two years before Cortes invaded Mexico. A Spanish expedition was defeated by Chakan Putum, a Mayan city-state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1ndez_de_C%C3%B3rdoba_expedition The Mayan victory was commemorated by the Bolivian and Mexican governments in 2021
Anonymous 05-10-23 16:03:42 No. 20607
>>20561 >>20595 They couldn't develop it independently to combat cavalry because there were no horses in the Americas before contact. It's an adaptation in response to Spanish arriving. At most they could have come to the logical conclusion that you best oppose cavalry with long pointy sticks, but given the time span they probably copied it directly. It's possible that there were Spanish defectors who brought knowledge of anti-cavalry tactics since it was pretty common for European settlers to flip sides to escape from how shitty their own culture was. That's not just some Hollywood trope.
There is probably actual research on the topic though.
Anonymous 07-10-23 18:11:03 No. 20614
>>11145 >>20610 The sad thing about this is that it kind of makes perfect sense for there to be a large and well developed society in a place like that, given the level of biodiversity and the natural river highway, but the whole "El Dorado" thing kind of poisoned the well on the topic so trying to research it gets you laughed at. Ironically a lot of it is gaining traction now because capitalism is in there deforesting the land and stumbling upon things buried by the forest.
>>11189 This is the kind of thing that really raises questions about different ways technology can advance. The West didn't invent electroplating until ~1800.
Anonymous 14-01-24 00:21:32 No. 21392
>>21385 This is a bit sensationalist. The sites are in eastern Ecuador, near the Andes foothills and based around the Upano River that flows from there. Saying it's "in the Amazon" is really stretching it.
It's cool but I'm just mad at all the normalfags thinking it's some lost city deep in the jungle, when in reality it's a precursor to all the advanced cultures and civilizations that would develop in or near the Andes like the Muisca & Incas. Its discovery isn't unexpected or groundbreaking.
Anonymous 14-01-24 00:46:33 No. 21393
>>21392 >The sites are in eastern Ecuador, near the Andes foothills and based around the Upano River that flows from there. Saying it's "in the Amazon" is really stretching it. ???? The Upano river is part of the Amazon basin, which stretches across almost the entire continent, and it's part of the rainforest.
https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/where_we_work/amazon/about_the_amazon/ It's both? The ruins were newly re-discovered, making it a lost city. And it most likely was an influencer/precursor to local cultures that thrived later on.
>Its discovery isn't unexpected or groundbreaking. From the article:
<“It’s a gold rush scenario, especially for the Americas and the Amazon,” as Christopher Fisher, an archaeologist at Colorado State University who has scanned sites in the Americas but was not involved in this research, tells Science News. “Scientists are demonstrating conclusively that there were a lot more people in these areas, and that they significantly modified the landscape. … This is a paradigm shift in our thinking about how extensively people occupied these areas.” <Previously, scientists assumed that ancient South Americans “lived nomadically or in tiny settlements in the Amazon,” writes BBC News, but researchers estimate the newly discovered cities housed a population “in the 10,000s if not 100,000s.” <In recent years, lidar has been a vital tool for discovering traces of ancient Amazonian cities. Aerial laser sensing bypasses the forest’s density—which complicates and lengthens mapping by expedition—to create more accurate maps in a fraction of the time. As Fisher told Smithsonian magazine’s Brian Handwerk in 2022, the technology has proved “transformative for archaeology.” It’s helped uncover pre-Hispanic settlements in the forests of Bolivia, Brazil and Belize. Seems pretty evident that this booming area of study is majorly changing how we understand the history of the place…
Anonymous 14-01-24 01:16:29 No. 21394
>>21393 Yes the Upano river is part of the basin, but the cities were found very close to its origin near the Andes where the terrain itself isn't jungle-y.
If you can describe this material culture as "Amazonian", then I guess the Incas would also be so, as important cities like Cusco were also close to its rivers (seen on your map).
>It's both? Keywords "deep in the jungle". Not denying that they were large urban spaces.
Anonymous 29-01-24 00:44:45 No. 21531
>>21394 >Keywords "deep in the jungle". Not denying that they were large urban spaces. I think they mean it's in a location with heavy jungle, not that it's near the geographical middle of the Amazon…
>>21530 Hard to build pyramids in the mountains. Inca sites are concentrated in very mountainous areas. Moche and Nazca are in relatively flat spots.
Anonymous 03-03-24 23:59:46 No. 21661
Sharing this collaborative thread (you need to make an account to view it) about Aegon and his islands being transported into Mesoamerica in 1390:
>What is known is that on the first of January, in the year 1390 AD of the Gregorian Calendar, three islands would appear to the northwest of the Yucatan Peninsula. That the inhabitants of the islands, from their rulers to the lowest peasant, saw the sky shimmer and ripple with a strange, otherworldly light. Those who lived on the coast closest to where the event occurred likewise saw strange lights on the horizon, but lacked the means to investigate. >Among the members of the ruling family, the Cocoms, and their nobility, the message was a clear one. These strange new visitors were not like any they had seen before, in more ways then one. And it would be wise not to anger them, for even one of these great beasts they rode upon could likely bring the fury of the heavens to an entire city. >The trio and their dragons landed outside the city, and it did not take long for a grand procession to exit the city to seek audience with these strangers. It is here that the first bit of miscommunication would come into play, and show that the Targaryens efforts at translation could still use much work. A great offering of sacrifices was brought forward, as a means to both appease and show reverence to those who were clearly touched by the gods if nothing else. >This however, took the Targaryens by surprise, and after a moment, prompted an argument that had the procession grow remarkably confused and even fearful, for as the three argued, the great dragons they had ridden seemed to grow restless and agitated as well. >The locals were not the only ones worried about this, as historical details speak of the way the translators who had accompanied them worked feverishly to try and calm the situation while seeking to enlighten the rulers of the great city. It seemed that the visitors had not realized that the local peoples engaged in human sacrifice, and were divided on their opinions of it. One seemed to have no problem with it at all (and is believed to have been fine with letting the dragons eat the sacrifices outright), another seemed to find the idea abhorrent to a degree, and the one who rode the great black beast is said to have been somewhere in the middle. >The situation would be resolved by the one calling himself Aegon, who urged the locals to carry on with their own rites and traditions as was their custom. Thus the sacrifices were killed, their blood an offering, and from there a great feast and tour was held. The the Targaryens would remain for a full week with their dragons, making efforts to learn as much as they could and fill in the many gaps in their knowledge. It was only before they departed that Aegon would request the submission of the League to him and his family. It was given without delay, though this would not be without consequences or challenge for some of the other members of the league as time went on, for already there were clear lines forming within the League and some would take offense and grow envious when they did not receive a visit in kind. (See the Mayan Insurrection, 1395-1396 for more details) https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/collaborative-empire-of-the-sun-a-targaryen-mesoamerica.551006/ Anonymous 29-03-24 02:22:07 No. 21814
New evidence of contact between South America and Pacific islands over 1000 years ago.
<One thousand years ago, the first settlers of Rapa Nui — also known as Easter Island — feasted on a fusion cuisine of plants native to Polynesia but also ones indigenous to South America, around 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) away, a new study finds. <Researchers discovered the food remnants by identifying starch grains clinging to obsidian blades at the archaeological site of Anakena, the earliest known settlement on Rapa Nui, which was occupied from about A.D. 1000 to 1300, according to the study, published Wednesday (March 20) in the journal PLOS One. The finding suggests that the early Polynesians had regular contact with the people of South America as far back as a millennium ago. https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/obsidian-blades-with-food-traces-reveal-1st-settlers-of-rapa-nui-had-regular-contact-with-south-americans-1000-years-ago Anonymous 02-04-24 17:33:38 No. 21837
>>21836 please don't go off the rails with this stuff and keep it to things that are substantiated. there's a Hancock thread for more open speculation about the topic
>>>/hobby/36674 >Two attempts to replicate Balabanova's findings of cocaine failed, suggesting "that either Balabanova and her associates are misinterpreting their results or that the samples of mummies tested by them have been mysteriously exposed to cocaine". >a study in the journal Antiquity suggested that reports of both tobacco and cocaine in mummies "ignored their post-excavation histories" and pointed out that the mummy of Ramesses II had been moved five times between 1883 and 1975. It's a very interesting line of evidence and while this seems like a pretty implausible explanation, there isn't as significant a body of evidence or an assurance of the evidence's legitimacy as seen here
>>21814 However, the evidence of contact between South America and Rapa Nui does lend a lot of credence to the possibility of contact elsewhere and suggests more research should be done in that direction.
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