I recently sent to INAH in La Paz a packet of photos and site information about a major new discovery I made here in East Cape on the shore.
I included the GPS info, site boundaries and many photos. The site is made up primarily of large surface mounds of Indian toenail clippings. I would
post them here but they are stark and gross.
I think INAH will agree with my assessment that the site can only be a major summer camp for the Pedicure Indians of Baja Sur.David K - 5-31-2013 at 08:15 AM
vandenberg - 5-31-2013 at 08:44 AM
Delicious, if cooked right.bkbend - 5-31-2013 at 09:17 AM
I think you should post the GPS coords so us nomads can have first pick at the finest specimens before they end up in some museum storage area never
to be seen again.Hook - 5-31-2013 at 09:20 AM
These toe nail clippings were the precursors to fish hooks fashioned from cactus spines. A high calcium diet from the consumption of clams, oysters
and the occasional fish bone made for toe nails much stronger than the modern man.
One day a member of the tribe was busy removed a curved cholla spine from his big toe when he was overcome by a moment of inspiration.
The large mounds were discarded toe nails after the cholla spine fish hooks became more widely used.Hook - 5-31-2013 at 09:22 AM
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Originally posted by bkbend
I think you should post the GPS coords so us nomads can have first pick at the finest specimens before they end up in some museum storage area never
to be seen again.
WTF ARE YOU SAYING??????
This will create a stampede of looters bigger than any revelation of a lost mission or a secret surf spot.rts551 - 5-31-2013 at 09:27 AM
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Originally posted by vandenberg
Delicious, if cooked right.
The indians or toe nail clippings?rts551 - 5-31-2013 at 09:31 AM
since these mounds are beach side, a few fotos of the tire tracks leading up to them would be appropriate. Preferably Hancooks at the proper sand
inflation.woody with a view - 5-31-2013 at 09:54 AM
i've heard of toe nail clippings being used as tooth picks, in a pinch!Skipjack Joe - 5-31-2013 at 10:33 AM
Hard to say what they were due to decomposition but the nail files gave it away.Udo - 5-31-2013 at 11:06 AM
Great find, George!
You are always coming across something interesting on your walks/hikes.Osprey - 5-31-2013 at 11:28 AM
The photos are very vivid and raw. Sometimes, just after my c-cktail hour I sit and stare at them and try to figure out what they used. I had a heck
of a time with the Spanish report to INAH >>> clippings is not the word I used (or trimming) and i inferred more than stated that it is
possible the act was a co ordinated group activity where one trained adult would chew off the bothersome toenail of another of his clan. That's the
one scenario that makes sense when you see the pictures with part of the toe still attached to the nail. Well I'll let the science team work it all
out. Time for another c-cktail.woody with a view - 5-31-2013 at 11:50 AM
i want some of what Sr Osprey is having....
DanO - 5-31-2013 at 12:47 PM
Toothpicks? Woody, thanks for ruining my lunch.bajacalifornian - 5-31-2013 at 12:49 PM
Have any pictures?BajaBlanca - 5-31-2013 at 02:10 PM
Absolutely disgusting
But made me laugh out loud!Osprey - 5-31-2013 at 02:20 PM
BC man, I've admired your posts and how you live with who JR would call "The Real Baja People" and you are much admired and appreciated for that but
that makes you "Un innocencio", and the pictures could cause you harm I can't yet explain. Some random encounters with the Pedicures might have
happened with the forebears of your riding partners in the canyons and you (they) might be changed forever by the memory, the sight of what and who
they once were -- it is rough now; before it was oh so much rougher around these parts.
Major site but no close ups
Osprey - 5-31-2013 at 03:27 PM
In other early man sites these would be kitchen middens. Here are the human nails from a distance.
Pedicure tools
Osprey - 5-31-2013 at 03:38 PM
I think these tools were used for making some kind of early salads.
[Edited on 5-31-2013 by Osprey]
bajagrouper - 5-31-2013 at 03:51 PM
Another second harvest, there are cave paintings nearby showing the nails being ground into protein powder........DanO - 5-31-2013 at 04:02 PM
Salads and protein powder? Where are the cave paintings showing them in yoga class?durrelllrobert - 5-31-2013 at 04:04 PM
Toemageddon 2013: This Little Piggy Went To Hell.
Modern man toenails
A trendy pedicure with fish that nibble dead skin from the feet has been banned in Florida. It was called the Led Zeppelin pedicure.Bob H - 5-31-2013 at 09:36 PM
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Originally posted by Osprey
...large surface mounds of Indian toenail clippings. I would post them here but they are stark and gross.
I think I read somewhere that these large surface mounds of Indian toenail clippings were preserved this way and, when necessary, the Indians would
grind them up between rocks and whatnot and ingest the powder that had the effect of todays Viagra... the end result not so stark and gross...Kgryfon - 6-1-2013 at 03:14 AM
That photo of the toenails is nasty. Just saying...
