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Barry A.
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[*] posted on 1-6-2009 at 10:57 AM


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Barry for the sake of argument. Let's agree this is a find that may or may not be significant enough to warrant closer study. Would that be a fair enough assumption?

Anyhoo, I hope it has clues to it's origin. It's more than just a wall imho. To me it holds key to the people and the goings-on many years ago. It could settle a number of debates and set to rest a myth perhaps.

I really have no dog in this or I would have never given the info to David in the first place. My interests are purely on a scientific level. I held the honor for David, we both knew this was the place he was looking for. I felt a certain responsibility to share the info I had with ONLY him. I hope David follows through and we get some good historical material out of it. Afterall, David is quite the amatuer Baja historian.

Overkill no...... Ego control si...... :spingrin:


Good points, and I agree. Barry
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[*] posted on 1-7-2009 at 10:53 AM


Just too cool - what a thrill - wish I could have been there.
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[*] posted on 1-7-2009 at 07:06 PM


Those walls are a mystery for sure. Is it possible, especially if there was water there, that we could be looking at more than one habitation? It would have been a great site for the Indios and I have seen the sleeping circles with a cave below them at other sites. The rock walls then could be part of an earlier habitation?
I can't think of any animals except cows and sheep which might be spooked by crossing those wall to get out. Sheep aren't desert creatures and I'm not sure that Euro-cattle were particularly desert hardy either. That and the "corral" is on the other side of the mesa from the dam and appears to not be completely enclosed.
Are there other Indian sites with rock walls? I've seen the large rock circles up north used for ceremonial purposes.
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[*] posted on 2-7-2009 at 08:52 AM


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