Unknown Archeaology stuff?

Question

working on *once again* a novel and I'm trying to find archeaology "wows" that's are not well known. Not human origin stuff though, more cultural mystery things. thanks

Answer 1

Back in the 80's, I saw this big knife in a sewer at the corner of 7th & Walnut Streets in Cincinnati, Ohio.  I always wondered what story that knife had to tell..........

Answer 2

Highland Forest State Park, in Fabius New York, is home to the archaeological remains of Kenyon Hollow, a farming community that was leveled after WWI- people STILL aren't sure why. The current theory is it was wiped out by the flu pandemic.

In Syracuse, New York, what was the First Ward Cemetery is now a field, because a girl was killed by a falling stone from a unmaintained grave and the citizens ripped it down stone by stone. Some of the tombstones reemerge from the ground every spring as the freeze/thaw cycle pushes them back up, but most people think it is a park.

Rose hill cemetery provides a "what might have been" as the cemetary is only half there:

http://www.pacny.net/freedom_trail/Roseh...

http://www.shadesofoakwood.com/ And this is a cemetary, in the same city, which is preserved and wasn't every allowed to fall into disrepair.

I mention these because I'm familiar with them, but also because "hidden" cemetaries are common in many cities, and are real mysteries to people.

Syracuse, Ny architecture:

http://syracusethenandnow.org/

Answer 3

I always thought the Kennewick Man was a rather interesting story that incorporates much of the politics surrounding archaeology and repatriation.  See the link from Wikipedia below about this "bone of contention" (hehe).

Other interesting archaeological finds were the Asian dynasties.  The Terra Cotta Army in China is just mind-boggling.  Pre-colombian and mesoamerica (modern day Latin America) dig sites are rather popular, so if you are going for something a bit less publicized, try Scandinavian archaeology or "The Mound People" in North America.  Finally, the political implications of Great Zimbabwe in African archaeology has a lot of interesting twists and turns.

Feel free to email me if you need any help.

Answer 4

Could you be a little more specific?

Answer 5

there's a lot published on exactly this in Nexus magazine, they have a lot of stories available online.  they call them archaeology cover-ups (yes Erich Von Daniken, I agree).  Grid patterns on mars, heiroglyphs in grand canyon etc..... heaps on this.

Answer 6

i bought and read a book called "dead man secrets" by jonathan gray. it snagged me in by the first paragraph. stated that 23,000 miles above our earths atmosphere, there is an object orbiting around us, going the opposite way of our satelites, they call it the black knight, we've spotted it 3 times in our history and are trying to board it. i think this is human stuff.

Answer 7

Toltecs, one of ancient Nahuatlan tribes that dominated central and southern Mexico about A.D. 900-1100. Very interesting stuff.

Answer 8

Teotihuacan is a real &*@% LOL, had to work out a thesis about how those three Pyramids held some answers because Teo. was once in its hayday one of the first urban cities of South America and well there is still no writing found to help out and well lots of tombs and (probably) sacrificial tombs were found inside the pyramids.. some loot was done also... so lots of questions there.

We don't really know much about the Levant and how come they didn't come up with writing when two big civilization (Egypt and Mesopotamia) was 'on' as the same time... (Egyptian and Mesopotamian presence was found in Levant (south and north) but we still don't know much about it.

Stonehenge is an old mystery... we still don't agree on its meaning and fonction.

And what about those "hobbits" on the Flora Island near India (not sure), they are problematic!

Alright I said we.. but then I am no archaeologist... however I am currently studying to be one...

Hope that was good for your research....

Answer 9

Read anything by Erik Von Daniken