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Ancient mesoamerican civilizations do not seem recognizably human

We don't even know anything about most of them. All we have ...
garnet stead
  10/24/17
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Violent razzle-dazzle factory reset button range
  10/25/17
... there is writing
Onyx ticket booth boiling water
  10/25/17
Not for most of these people there isn't. And we have very l...
garnet stead
  04/21/18
We do have writing, and we know that one of the most powerfu...
learning disabled set
  10/25/17
For some of them we have writing, but only the more recent o...
garnet stead
  10/25/17
I suppose it is notable that we're not sure who exactly buil...
learning disabled set
  10/25/17
Pretty sure what they were doing was building giant heads, t...
Effete Adulterous Sex Offender National Security Agency
  10/25/17
How much of the workforce was just slave labor for the king ...
mustard swashbuckling cuckold
  10/25/17
Is this rach's last known poast?
garnet stead
  06/22/20
The olmecs developed a writing system late in their epoch, b...
garnet stead
  04/21/18
tbf, there is probably some Chiapas drug lord calling himsel...
amethyst soul-stirring internal respiration lay
  04/21/18
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exhilarant white address
  10/25/17
I mean, they didn't even have wheels. What the fuck were th...
mustard swashbuckling cuckold
  10/25/17
They were getting high as fuck and domesticating llamas, cor...
garnet stead
  10/25/17
The Incas did llamas and potatoes.
Disturbing Blood Rage Idea He Suggested
  09/20/20
They went hard down the religion and bronze working parts of...
Thirsty sandwich school cafeteria
  09/20/20
Religion, Astronomy, Mathematics, Masonry, probably in that ...
garnet stead
  09/20/20
Bronze/iron a prereq for compass and optics which gets you a...
Thirsty sandwich school cafeteria
  09/20/20
Looks like you can get to astronomy through paper and theolo...
garnet stead
  09/20/20
Not too surprising, because Guatemalans are their descendant...
Rough-skinned institution
  10/25/17
*rolls skull down pyramid steps *
Aromatic Shaky Cumskin
  10/25/17
Most of the writings were destroyed by enemy tribes or by sp...
House-broken Indigo Water Buffalo Indian Lodge
  04/21/18
The Spanish did God's work.
Arrogant titillating garrison
  04/21/18
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crusty aphrodisiac corner mad-dog skullcap
  09/20/20
Small pox really. The occupants of north america were doomed...
umber appetizing dilemma jew
  09/20/20
...
garnet stead
  09/20/20
Archaeologists have decided that the most important ritual i...
marvelous bistre hominid azn
  09/20/20
It looks like it was different everywhere. Court sizes vary ...
garnet stead
  09/20/20
Mesoamerican civs were the most brutal in history, and that'...
Disturbing Blood Rage Idea He Suggested
  09/20/20
thousands of virgins a day
Crystalline coiffed dog poop
  09/20/20
There is evidence of mass human sacrifices, to the tune of t...
umber appetizing dilemma jew
  09/20/20
Think about the cultures in north america ten thousand years...
umber appetizing dilemma jew
  09/20/20
Same with sub Saharan africa
crusty aphrodisiac corner mad-dog skullcap
  09/20/20


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Date: October 24th, 2017 11:30 PM
Author: garnet stead

We don't even know anything about most of them. All we have is some old ruins, no writing. We don't know wtf they called themselves or what they did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522736)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:13 AM
Author: Violent razzle-dazzle factory reset button range



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522920)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:13 AM
Author: Onyx ticket booth boiling water

... there is writing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522924)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 6:48 PM
Author: garnet stead

Not for most of these people there isn't. And we have very little of the writing anyone left behind.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890403)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:13 AM
Author: learning disabled set

We do have writing, and we know that one of the most powerful mesoamerican kings called himself "Jaguar Penis"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522925)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:27 AM
Author: garnet stead

For some of them we have writing, but only the more recent ones. We don't know wtf the Olmecs or Toltecs were doing. There are many others that left even less behind than they did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522994)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:32 AM
Author: learning disabled set

I suppose it is notable that we're not sure who exactly built Teotihuacan.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523025)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:34 AM
Author: Effete Adulterous Sex Offender National Security Agency

Pretty sure what they were doing was building giant heads, the most prestigious activity of any great ancient civilization.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523036)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:41 AM
Author: mustard swashbuckling cuckold

How much of the workforce was just slave labor for the king to pursue his public works and monuments to the gods/himself, and how many others occupied themselves as farmers or artisans, selling ponchos, backpacks and chess sets to spendthrift passers-by?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523071)



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Date: June 22nd, 2020 12:57 AM
Author: garnet stead

Is this rach's last known poast?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40470257)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 6:50 PM
Author: garnet stead

The olmecs developed a writing system late in their epoch, but we only have like 2 or 3 examples of it anywhere in the world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890413)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:51 PM
Author: amethyst soul-stirring internal respiration lay

tbf, there is probably some Chiapas drug lord calling himself that today

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890966)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:15 AM
Author: exhilarant white address



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522941)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:20 AM
Author: mustard swashbuckling cuckold

I mean, they didn't even have wheels. What the fuck were they doing?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522964)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:30 AM
Author: garnet stead

They were getting high as fuck and domesticating llamas, corn, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, peppers and tobacco.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523012)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:42 PM
Author: Disturbing Blood Rage Idea He Suggested

The Incas did llamas and potatoes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954366)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:37 PM
Author: Thirsty sandwich school cafeteria

They went hard down the religion and bronze working parts of the tech tree

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954352)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:40 PM
Author: garnet stead

Religion, Astronomy, Mathematics, Masonry, probably in that order.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954359)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:43 PM
Author: Thirsty sandwich school cafeteria

Bronze/iron a prereq for compass and optics which gets you astronomy

Tbf very easy to overlook the wheel if you’ve got pottery already

http://www.civfanatics.net/downloads/civ4/reference/CIV4%20TECHTREE%20FRONT%20ENG%20Lo%20Res.pdf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954370)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:48 PM
Author: garnet stead

Looks like you can get to astronomy through paper and theology and some other bullshit that doesn't require metal working.

Oh wait I read that wrong. Looks like those are necessary but not sufficient.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954393)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:32 AM
Author: Rough-skinned institution

Not too surprising, because Guatemalans are their descendants and they don't look recognizably human either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523024)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:45 AM
Author: Aromatic Shaky Cumskin

*rolls skull down pyramid steps *

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523096)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 6:51 PM
Author: House-broken Indigo Water Buffalo Indian Lodge

Most of the writings were destroyed by enemy tribes or by spanish conquistadors.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890420)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:54 PM
Author: Arrogant titillating garrison

The Spanish did God's work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890979)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:08 PM
Author: crusty aphrodisiac corner mad-dog skullcap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954503)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:13 PM
Author: umber appetizing dilemma jew

Small pox really. The occupants of north america were doomed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954537)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:31 PM
Author: garnet stead



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954322)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:33 PM
Author: marvelous bistre hominid azn

Archaeologists have decided that the most important ritual in their culture was “the ball game” but no one knows wtf it looked like or what any of the rules were.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954328)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:36 PM
Author: garnet stead

It looks like it was different everywhere. Court sizes vary widely, as does the size of the hoops. It seems the some courts were used for purely competitive games whereas others were ceremonial and probably choreographed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954348)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:46 PM
Author: Disturbing Blood Rage Idea He Suggested

Mesoamerican civs were the most brutal in history, and that's with full knowledge that most civilizations were very brutal by 21st c. western standards. No other civilization practiced human sacrifice on such a scale.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954382)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:50 PM
Author: Crystalline coiffed dog poop

thousands of virgins a day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954400)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:03 PM
Author: umber appetizing dilemma jew

There is evidence of mass human sacrifices, to the tune of thousands of people at a time.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954463)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:05 PM
Author: umber appetizing dilemma jew

Think about the cultures in north america ten thousand years ago that witnessed the massive glacier breaking up and catastrophic flooding like we've never imagined. Some dude was around when that shit went down. It would have been followed by insane forest fires that leave a layer of smoke across the globe. Just nuts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954477)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:08 PM
Author: crusty aphrodisiac corner mad-dog skullcap

Same with sub Saharan africa

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954500)