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Post by Otto Kretschmer on Jan 27, 2022 16:33:54 GMT
I have enjoyed reading your AT Jan. Thanks for posting it.
I remember writing Birch bark letters home when I was at summer camp. Good times. Great memories. I will write more but creativity is a major issue  With a PoD in 9000 BC even the language families are going to be totally different. Hard to even create names for the characters |
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Post by oscssw on Jan 27, 2022 22:39:47 GMT
Pre columbian buffalo hunting has always fascinated me. It was a later offshoot of mammoth and mastodon hunting. Terrain was a key element in these hunts. These features were used to impede and trap the buffalo making killing them much easier and safer. The hunters used water erosion made headcuts and arroyos (steep sided gullies); and U-shaped sand dunes. The hunters stampeded buffalo into these narrow, deep, steep-sided terrain features. In many cases, constructing a corral or the addition of artificial barriers to enhance the efficiency of a natural features. The animals were often killed as a group in late fall or early winter in these shallow, low-gradient drainage channel only a couple feet deep. It was then like "shooting Fish In a barrel" with bows and throwing spears and then finish off the buffaloes with 8 ft. long thrusting spears. Clovis point stone lance tips and repeated arrow strikes were deadly when thrust into the lungs of the beasts. Chapter 21 - Westward Expansion and Bison Hunting
One animal that has suffered greatly from the expansion of civilization was the American Bison. A large herbivorous mammal, it was very prized for it's thick fur and the very large amount of meat it provided. At the same time it was an aggressive beast not capable of being tamed or domesticated. Hence, hunting started to take a toll on it's population.
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Post by belushitd on Feb 10, 2022 12:55:26 GMT
Hmmm.... Specifically what manner of berries are you contemplating here? As I understand it, and I'm no horticulturalist, berries are intensely seasonal and are not present for long periods of time. Is there a selection of species that can be planted in proximity to each other to permit a seminomadic tribe to always have some kind of fruit available during the summer/fall? Belushi TD Chapter 9 - More Nuts and BerriesThe Indian Walnut Proto Gardener Culture continued to spread south in the following millenium. The growing walnut orchards began to be enriched by berries - the Indians would hop to a new grove with instant access not just to nots but also berries. At the same time selective pressures resulted in a walnut tree varieties that are slightly better growing and give fruits slightly faster. Walnut proto-gardener areas in 6000 BC: *SNIP* Didn't think we needed to repost the map. |
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Post by Otto Kretschmer on Feb 10, 2022 12:58:01 GMT
I am not an expert in berries and they are not that important anyway.
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Post by belushitd on Feb 10, 2022 13:01:19 GMT
Pre columbian buffalo hunting has always fascinated me. It was a later offshoot of mammoth and mastodon hunting. Terrain was a key element in these hunts. These features were used to impede and trap the buffalo making killing them much easier and safer. The hunters used water erosion made headcuts and arroyos (steep sided gullies); and U-shaped sand dunes. The hunters stampeded buffalo into these narrow, deep, steep-sided terrain features. In many cases, constructing a corral or the addition of artificial barriers to enhance the efficiency of a natural features. The animals were often killed as a group in late fall or early winter in these shallow, low-gradient drainage channel only a couple feet deep. It was then like "shooting Fish In a barrel" with bows and throwing spears and then finish off the buffaloes with 8 ft. long thrusting spears. Clovis point stone lance tips and repeated arrow strikes were deadly when thrust into the lungs of the beasts. Chapter 21 - Westward Expansion and Bison Hunting
One animal that has suffered greatly from the expansion of civilization was the American Bison. A large herbivorous mammal, it was very prized for it's thick fur and the very large amount of meat it provided. At the same time it was an aggressive beast not capable of being tamed or domesticated. Hence, hunting started to take a toll on it's population.
OOOO!!!! My favorite Canadian attraction! Head-smashed-in Buffalo Jump! headsmashedin.ca/I visited it both times I drove to Alaska from the lower 48! Well worth the trip. They had a hell of a display and learning facility in 2003 and I can't imagine it has gotten any worse. Belushi TD |
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Post by oscssw on Feb 10, 2022 16:55:57 GMT
OOOO!!!! My favorite Canadian attraction! Head-smashed-in Buffalo Jump! headsmashedin.ca/I visited it both times I drove to Alaska from the lower 48! Well worth the trip. They had a hell of a display and learning facility in 2003 and I can't imagine it has gotten any worse. Belushi TD Got to admit that is a catchy name! 
Seriously, what intrigued me was the name . So I looked it up as is my want!. The name for the site comes from the Blackfoot name, which is Estipah-skikikini-kots. According to Blackfoot legend, a young boy wanted to watch the buffalo jumping off the cliff from below.
Unfortunately, he failed the "Darwin Test." He was later found, by the brighter members of the band, dead under the pile of carcasses, with his head "smashed in".
I have three grandsons. I worry about two of them because they are fearless and not very good at looking at long term consequences. The third is a bit smarter, by that I mean Mattie is a whole lot better at calculating the odds before he does something really stupid.
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Post by belushitd on Feb 10, 2022 19:55:36 GMT
I think my favorite part of the whole situation there is that "head-smashed-in" is apparently a direct translation from the native language!
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