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Re: "Sacred" as a prehistoric adjec...
Aug 08, 2005, 12:32
<i>"I feel that the first speculation we should make about all this stuff is that they probably were very like us. "<i>

there doesn't seem to be a better way to start or else how do you make any meaning at all - but which 'us'? Joseph Campbell did a lot of work on what different cultures share mythically but in fact we are very different from our pre-historic forebears - psychologically,genetically and culturally at least - just as the modern Greeks have almost nothing to do with the Ancient Greeks apart from occupying the same land - so all you are really left with is a general notion of a common humanity.

<i>"why would "I" make my barrow long, despite the fact there was nothing inside the long bit? A: to fake the length and age of my lineage, to reinforce my claim to ownership of the area.'<i>

well i like these but it's funny because I always seem to look first for a physical reason
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