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most likely used for farming, you keep removing stones from the fields ... Landscapes can change fast, from grassland to desert and back to grassland in just a
by z3t4 9y ago
most likely used for farming, you keep removing stones from the fields ... Landscapes can change fast, from grassland to desert and back to grassland in just a few hundred years.
- mmsimanga 9y agoAgreed, I also thought they might have been a way to catch rain water in cultivated lots of land.
- golfer 9y agoI was thinking of an animal pen for livestock?
- mmsimanga 9y ago"He added that he would have liked to have seen some suggestions from Dr. Kennedy as to what the gates may have been used for, if only to dissuade people from speculating as to extraterrestrial origins, as they have regarding the Sphinx and the Nazca Lines in Peru." I am with the Professor who gave quote above from article. I can only comment on livestock we keep. Goats and cows. The cows may struggle to cross piled rocks. Goats on the other hand are more nimble on their feet. I don't much about sheep. Either way hope more evidence is published so I can satisfy my curiosity :-).
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoIn the other comment thread [0] there are links [1] to a piece describing the finding of "thousands of discarded foot bones of butchered antelopes unearthed at the site". Prior to reading that I was also highly skeptical that it was used for capturing wild antelope. Assuming it's truthful it seems pretty strong evidence though. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15525409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15525409 [1] https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/desert-kites-out-of-eden-walk-uzbekistan-iron-age-saiga/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/desert-kites-out...
- danielvf 9y agoThis is talking about the “kites” though, not the “gates”.