tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886680068187530519.post8925270712556368501..comments2024-02-07T23:25:07.429-06:00Comments on Bell Beaker Blogger: Missing Magical Fossils (Peter Leeming, 2015)bellbeakerbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848982163843593127noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886680068187530519.post-19186845353448046552023-01-16T01:58:20.484-06:002023-01-16T01:58:20.484-06:00The great circles pecked into stone balls in Scotl...The great circles pecked into stone balls in Scotland and the polyhedral nature of knots suggest more strongly a hunting tool like a bolero. The incisions protect the twine from breaking when striking other rocks. Most of the stone balls in Scotland are found away from settlements further suggesting game hunting losses. Can recommend "Orderly Tangles" by Holden: https://www.amazon.ca/Orderly-Tangles-Cloverleafs-Gordian-Polylinks/dp/0231055447<br /><br />AllenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886680068187530519.post-52713955675156159762016-02-09T19:27:29.622-06:002016-02-09T19:27:29.622-06:00snaka(OE)=snake(E)=coatl(N/5/Tonalamatl)=the 5 pet...snaka(OE)=snake(E)=coatl(N/5/Tonalamatl)=the 5 petals on yr fossil sample, co(mes to w)atl.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439118473886861260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886680068187530519.post-16399863490303232412016-01-29T15:38:15.455-06:002016-01-29T15:38:15.455-06:00One thing that is not clear to me is what percenta...One thing that is not clear to me is what percentage are fossilized thunderstones and those that are actual living sea urchins (maybe from a beach). I seem to gather that both occur in various contexts.<br />In any case, I think your reaction is right as is the author in that these are a deliberate action that had some significance that was perhaps magical or religious.bellbeakerbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848982163843593127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886680068187530519.post-16683534345801596832016-01-29T13:52:34.635-06:002016-01-29T13:52:34.635-06:00"it is not considered likely that the fossil ..."it is not considered likely that the fossil was deliberately placed in the grave."<br /><br />How on earth would a collection like that accidentally end up in a grave? Not many cemeteries that I'm familiar with are flooded with sea urchins who hurl themselves into graves of their own volition, or fall into grave accidentally.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.com