http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe#5f050db0-2f99-46df-af9a-c1aad2631eec Great resource! Thanks hoopes! Can work on my spanish and learn about ancient mexico at same time. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:44:13 GMT http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe#5f050db0-2f99-46df-af9a-c1aad2631eec wil 2009-06-25T19:44:13Z http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe#15fc61d5-7930-4762-92da-144436fd4d1b Actually, I was thinking 25,000 not 250,000 and it was at the Meadowcroft site: http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_washington/20001015wadave1.asp But then I bumped into this as well about a Mexican site: http://s8int.com/hueyatlaco.html Looks shaky though. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:20:53 GMT http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe#15fc61d5-7930-4762-92da-144436fd4d1b Solari 2009-06-25T19:20:53Z http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe#673bd46c-4ce5-401d-9920-f87199a825e9 I don't know. Who's floating the idea and on the basis of what evidence? 250,000 years ago would have been before the appearance of modern Homo sapiens, currently put at about 195,000 years ago in Ethiopia. It also would have been before the appearance of the earliest known blade technologies. I'm unaware of any fossil evidence for pre-modern humans (such as Neanderthals) anywhere in the Americas, or any evidence for non-blade or microblade toolkits that would represent that time period. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:49:09 GMT http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe#673bd46c-4ce5-401d-9920-f87199a825e9 Hoopes 2009-06-25T18:49:09Z http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe#9d5af3fd-621e-4274-9fc8-89b6b51ebf00 So what is the status of the idea that some Mexican artifacts are indicating a human presence 250,000 years ago? Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:57:49 GMT http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe#9d5af3fd-621e-4274-9fc8-89b6b51ebf00 Solari 2009-06-25T13:57:49Z http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe#70a4bff7-e38a-42e5-9e3d-56750c253ff9 Mexico signs agreement with Google to publicize archeology, historical sites By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY — Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History signed an agreement with Google Mexico to promote archeological and historical sites in a bid to revive tourism following the swine flu epidemic. The plan uses several elements of the Google platform, including placing maps of archeological sites and directions to them on Google Earth. The institute has started a channel on the video-sharing site YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/INAHTV. The government agency said it is working on more interactive and virtual tours, including 360-degree and rotating videos of pyramids and other sites. The Institute's 173 archeological sites and 116 museums were closed for more than a week at the height of the swine flu epidemic, but reopened in early May. Tourism plunged following the outbreak. The Tourism Department said Tuesday that occupancy rates had fallen as low as nine to 12 per cent at the country's nine biggest tourism sites one month ago, but has since recovered to about 43 per cent. The government has launched the "Vive Mexico" campaign to jump-start tourism, the nation's third-largest source of legal foreign income. Hotels have launched special offers and President Felipe Calderon enacted a new tourism law that provides for better co-operation between local and federal officials and between the government and the private sector. Copyright © 2009 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h82gO8Rp5TF9QzL0YqhubqagnsuQ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:49:33 GMT http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe#70a4bff7-e38a-42e5-9e3d-56750c253ff9 Hoopes 2009-06-25T13:49:33Z http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe#93e7650c-3d30-4f5b-9247-ba5359080b05 The Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) now has a YouTube channel for videos about Mexico's archaeological and historical heritage. http://www.youtube.com/INAHTV Archaeological Sites http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D8D1C36249FDBF97 National Museum of Anthropology http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=859FE28153E8C8CF Indigenous Cultures http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=535F51F73CA73BC3 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:42:47 GMT http://2012.tribe.net/thread/12eeef33-3596-4827-bb6a-7a0dfb2eb9fe#93e7650c-3d30-4f5b-9247-ba5359080b05 Hoopes 2009-06-25T13:42:47Z