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Non-fiction (though bogus)Crystal Skull, by Jack MacClaren, 1936
Coastal Peru
Mexico
England
Illinois
Map of Mesoamerica
Palenque, temple of the inscriptions
The worst of pseudo-archaeology:Extra-terrestrials in prehistory
King Pakal I, of Palenque.Carved on the lid of his sarcophagus (massivestone casket)
Erich Von Daniken believesthat the carving showsPakal beaming up to aspace ship.
Palace and tower from the Maya ruins of Palenque, Mexico
Continent of the Example Number of examples
Africa 16Asia 12Europe 2North America 11South America 10
Von Daniken’s examples of extra-terrestrial influence show a pattern of racism.Specifically, he gives credit for achievements to Europeans but not to people of other continents
Examples of extra-terrestrial intervention
In other continents, achievements are credited to extra-terrestrial intervention
Nazca River
Nazca lines from thesouth coast of Peru
lines
Trapezoids
Geoglyphs
Experimental archeaology
Preceramic
Initial period
Early Horizon
Late Horizon
Middle Horizon
EarlyIntermediate
LateIntermediate
Colonial
1532 ad
1350 ad
900 ad
600 ad
200 bc
900 bc
2000 bc
Nazca culture
Cahuachi site,Nazca Valley
Preceramic
Initial period
Early Horizon
Late Horizon
Middle Horizon
EarlyIntermediate
LateIntermediate
Colonial
1532 ad
1350 ad
900 ad
600 ad
200 bc
900 bc
2000 bc
Nazca culture
--They are paths for travel--they are parade routes--they have to do with water--they have to do with religion.
Possible explanations of thepurpose of the Nazca lines?
World’s first nuclear bomb tested atWhite Sands Missile Range, June 15, 1945
Landscape of the Whtie Sands missile range
Gran Quivira pueblo
Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Pueblo Bonito, New Mexico: 800 rooms
Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
Gran Quivira pueblo
Aggregation