Comments on: Even More Eurekas! http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2008/12/04/even-more-eurekas/ Random rants and curious explanation. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:15:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Al http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2008/12/04/even-more-eurekas/comment-page-1/#comment-2103 Al Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:23:58 +0000 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2008/12/04/even-more-eurekas/#comment-2103 They think the lady was a shaman. The grave is in Israel, so the tradition of Jewish doctors is long one. But these pre-Israelites were Natufian, among whom --as in most traditional societies -- shamans were buried with great honor and ample provisions, in this case tortoises and someone else's foot. To confuse us further, the lead researcher is named Ofer Bar-Yosef -- of Harvard. But in my initial post, I was so transfixed with the sixth grade syntactical structure of the lead that I ignored all the real anthropology. They think the lady was a shaman. The grave is in Israel, so the tradition of Jewish doctors is long one. But these pre-Israelites were Natufian, among whom –as in most traditional societies — shamans were buried with great honor and ample provisions, in this case tortoises and someone else’s foot. To confuse us further, the lead researcher is named Ofer Bar-Yosef — of Harvard.

But in my initial post, I was so transfixed with the sixth grade syntactical structure of the lead that I ignored all the real anthropology.

]]> By: Steve Alber http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2008/12/04/even-more-eurekas/comment-page-1/#comment-2080 Steve Alber Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:05:28 +0000 http://horse-you-rode-in-on.com/2008/12/04/even-more-eurekas/#comment-2080 Regarding the woman's grave with a smattering of stuff in it: Did anyone try to draw a conclusion about this? Or is it actually possible that someone figured that as long as they had the hole, they might as well clean up the cave? Regarding the woman’s grave with a smattering of stuff in it: Did anyone try to draw a conclusion about this? Or is it actually possible that someone figured that as long as they had the hole, they might as well clean up the cave?

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