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Group for anyone interested in anthropology. Ask questions, share anthropology related news or photos.


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Group for anyone interested in anthropology. Ask questions, share anthropology related news or photos.


If you are an ancient astronaut theorist or believe in some kid of conspiracy theory, this is not the place for you. While we encourage discussion about cultures and .. Read more

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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 11, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
I spent a couple of years in South America in 2011/12&13 and one of the places we visited was Trujillo, Peru and the ruins at Chan Chan but not far from those ruins is a large gas station and behind that gas station and under it is the Museo ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 11, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
About an hour north of Lima, the capital city of Peru, lies the oldest known city in the New World, Caral. We visited it back in 2011 and it is an interesting site that dates by to the same era as the Egyptian Old Kingdom, at least 5,000 years ago.
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 11, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by LB67
I have often wondered what our ancestors were thinking when they built things. I have to admit to leaving two small statues in walls that I had open for work, with the thought, that some future individual might wonder what it meant.
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 11, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by kmaz
Hi - I am not knowledgeable about formal anthropology, but am enjoying some of the posts to this group, and sometimes over the years have thought that anthropology may be relevant to my life and my thinking even though I am not technically formally ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 11, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
The Valle Sagrado or Sacred Valley is filled with Inca outposts and fortresses, this is the Inca fortress of Pisac. You enter Pisac through the perfectly fitted stone blocks of the main gate in the first pic, to the left of the photo is a 2,000' ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 11, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
An interesting look at that most basic of human needs, sex of the prehistoric variety.
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 11, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
In the middle of the Valle Sagrado are two interesting sites that most people who visit the valley overlook. Moray which is posited to be an ancient botanical testing site and Salinas which are evaporating pools for the salt water that pours out of ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 12, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Etre
Sorry guys had to do it. I found this one thought it was interesting. I have not been to Egypt.
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 12, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Etre
I just find this facinating..... hmm....
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 13, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by kmaz
Living amongst folks of the Abrahamic Religions: Does anyone see this as an anthropological exercise? More broadly, whatever time period one is born into, is there not a principle of living amongst others and the severely imperfect (and potentially ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 13, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
Ollantaytambo, the Inca fortress that almost stopped Pizarro and his Conquistadors in their tracks. Manco Inca lead the defense and was a brilliant general, he waited until Pizarro, his Spaniards and their Native allies were close to the fortress ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 13, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
The Treasure of La Capitana is from the wreck of a treasure ship that went down off the coast of Ecuador in 1654, we were fortunate enough to get a private viewing of it when we were staying at a boutique hotel in Guayaquil, EC. The owner of the ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 13, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
One of the oldest, surviving houses in the new world was built in Lima by Capt. Jeronimo del Alagio in 1535, the land was given to him Pizarro for faithful service during the Inca Conquest and sits to the left of the Presidential Palace that Pizarro ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 13, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Aivery
Archaeologists Unearth 14,000 Year Old Hidden Treasure Together with students from the University of Victoria, the archaeologists worked hard to excavate layers of earth from the dig site. First they shoveled through the ground, then they ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 14, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Etre
Ok I have an addiction,... I need help!!
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 15, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Etre
This is worth 1hr of your time...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 16, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by timechef
"Carved in Stone: Prehistoric Soapstone Bowl Quarries of the Lower Susquehanna River Valley" Henry Ward Sunday, August 19th 2:00pm Soldier's Delight NEA (PVSP) Visitor's Center 5100 Deer Park Rd, Owings Mills, MD 21117 Prior to the development of ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 17, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Etre
All things Egyptian... This Ancient Mummy Is Older Than the Pharaohs Shared from my Google feed
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 17, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Etre
Oldest Cheese on Earth Found in Ancient Egyptian Tomb of Ptahhmes Shared from my Google feed
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 17, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Secular_Squirrel
Seeking information on the Ancient Epicurean communes that were vastly wiped out by early Christians/Catholics and would appreciate anything you can share on the topic. Epicureanism had been the target of a smear campaign and the effects still last ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 17, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
When I was living in Ecuador in Vilcabamba and in Cuenca I heard some interesting tales about Father Crespi and the underground city, tunnels that went under the mountains all the way to the ocean. None of it was ever substantiated to me but people ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 17, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Aivery
Cooking with Muxes, Mexico's Third Gender Muxes are people who are born biologically male and dress as women—but they don't consider themselves cross-dressers or transgender. Instead, they are treated as “the third gender,” and they ...
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 18, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by kmaz
File I guess under not enough lifetimes to visit all the museums - I was on a drive east of Tucson, Arizona, USA a couple of years ago and ran into this random museum that was mentioned in some motel lit, and so I took part of a day and went there....
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 19, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Aivery
Things haven't changed a whole lot.
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Anthropology and Archaeology
Aug 19, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Surfpirate
I've always considered this message rather strange and most likely unintelligible to any alien life form that might encounter it.
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Posted by PiratefishSeasons greetings, you heathens.

Posted by SurfpirateA photographic collection of pagan costumes associated with the winter solstice. [dangerousminds.net]

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Posted by EyesThatSmileThis sculptor is amazing. [boredpanda.com]

Posted by DruviusWell preserved 500 year old ship found at bottom of Baltic Sea. Way cool find, hope we have the means to properly investigate it. [sciencealert.com]

Posted by qpr81there's a small island in front of the temple site and they found artifacts even there.

Posted by qpr81there's a small island in front of the temple site and they found artifacts even there.

Posted by qpr81there's a small island in front of the temple site and they found artifacts even there.

Posted by qpr81the hole in this image -according to the guide- was a window to let the sun rays hit a certain spot announcing the summer/winter etc.

Posted by qpr81Trajan's column in Rome. Shame they put a pope on top of it. Even though this is a monument raised over a genocide it's still something worth seeing.

Posted by qpr81Trajan's column in Rome. Shame they put a pope on top of it. Even though this is a monument raised over a genocide it's still something worth seeing.

Posted by qpr81Trajan's column in Rome. Shame they put a pope on top of it. Even though this is a monument raised over a genocide it's still something worth seeing.

Posted by qpr81Ħaġar Qim temple in Malta. Stunning even if a bit of walk...
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