In an older magazine, American Way (American Airlines magazine) Feb. 1992 found by accident an article about the body decoration incision ceremony in a spirit...
The ropes sound like the quite common knotted records and shell/bead money used in many other applications throughout the region. Regards, Paul Kekai Manansala...
Last week on CBC Radio (Candian Broadcasting Corp) a PhD candidate at Auckland University reported her dating, and DNA evidence, of ancient chicken bones...
Tools found before and after a massive eruption hint at a hardy population. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070702/full/070702-15.html Super-eruption: no...
This is a pretty good recent book covering human evolution and migrations but it goes with the older view that Austranesians were rice-growers out of Taiwan. ...
Hose and McDougal 1912. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo. MacMillan nad Co. Ltd. Finally got a loan of a copy from Queens U., Kingston, (Toronto will not loan). This...
... (opposite page 8). These originally suspended and covered a human head and they are still commonly seen on the Island of Bali with very elaborate palm leaf...
Yes Paul that is the "balawing pole" using the Borneo lingo of Charles Hose. Will now read that web site you posted. Are you still in California? Been able to...
The decorated bamboo poles in Bali are reported to be a Hindu offering for Saraswati Day, but I am sure they are actually pre-Hindu and go back to the earlier...
I checked Wikipedia and they say the small skeletons from Flores Island indonesia are indeed a form of Homo erectus. Just wondering about more recent info that...
I have worked in areas after extensive forest fire (Canada) and the deposits of ash do not affect the wildlife so very much. Fish are sometimes killed but...
Hi Robin, Yes, I'm in California and have seen the egg shell pottery long ago. Haven't heard much from Menzies lately though in the press. Regards, Paul Kekai...
Another interesting thing about some Borneo toombs (often elevated) is that there was often a bamboo tube to the inside to communicate with the deceased. Did...
... river banks and these were treasured and kept at home. The locals claimed that they were made by their lightening god (seemingly they forgot their old...
Yes I recall the earlier discussion. That is a good idea Paul, the link with stones ejected from volcanoes and stone axe heads found on the jungle floor....
Marg Freeman took the photos of the balawing human head poles in Bali and will get back to me about the local Balinese name name. .MargeryH.Freeman ...
Robin, In both the Philippines and Borneo, old charm-stone polished ax-heads, chisels, etc. are known variously as "lightning tongues," "thunder teeth," etc. ...
Paul I understood that tektites were small (tiny, microscopic) spheres of melted silicate, resettled on earth, from cosmic impacts. Robin Day Canada Paul Kekai...
Robin, the tektites I'm referring to are much larger. They were often refashioned into amulets or even small tools. There are two major theories on the origin...
"Volcanic ejecta from the moon." That was new to me. Ya, I expected they would come in various sizes. SE Asia is supposed to have quite a large tektite field I...
... they would come in various sizes. SE Asia is supposed to have quite a large tektite field I recall. ... Yes, the Australasian Strewn Field, Southeast Asia...
At 800,000 years old the tektites must be eroding out in the Philippine river cuts. The moon has not had active volcanoes for a long time. Perhaps they are...
At 800,000 years old the tektites must be eroding out in the Philippine river cuts. The moon has not had active volcanoes for a long time. Perhaps they are...
Note: forwarded message attached. ... Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers. Hi Robin, Below is what I wrote (you...
Hi Robin, I believe the Enoshima myth may be a rejuvenation of the older Saraswati and for that matter Ocean of Milk themes that occurred during highly unusual...
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