7000 BC

In 7799 BC the Earth had a polar precession of 11.75 degrees. What is the polar precession now? What is a polar precession?
What is a precession.

By 7000 BC there was metal working in Asnatolia and Jericho had a wall. Perhaps there was a Jericho with a wall 20,000 years ago and metal working in Anatolia 10,000 years ago,but our evidence for the 7000 BC time is much stronger. So, nearly all of our dates, for even as little as a 1000 years ago is a matter of probailites and relative strength of evidence. If you care to practice your own judgement a bit more, you can learn a bit more about the rules and practices of evidence and of sample gathering. On these pages be it known that the dates I give represent my best guesses at the moment. My guesses are usually based on the educated guesses of experts I trust.In the same 7000 BC time period records of an opium trade were recorded on clay tablets found in Mesopotamia.
La flor Iraca, flor beraca, ....
The trail from the Sea of Cortez north to what is now Arizona at Quirvaquito Springs and beyond has been used nearly contiously from about 7000 BC to about today. From about 150 AD to 1450 AD it was used by the Hohokam and then by Hai Cid O'odham (I still call the later Pima/Papago who live in the area today). Before that 150 AD time we can say that the routr was used by 'archaic period people.' In more recent time the trail has been used by smugglers, back packers, amd in documented immigrants.
7000 BC can mark a period of change in Mesoamerica. Before 70000 BC evidence suggest that man in the area was mainly a hunter and gatherer. After 7000 BC the climate became drier (had there been a change in precession?) and about the same time there was a marked increase in agriculture. Corn or Maize appeared. Corn of various colors as well as popcorn appeared.

8500 BC, 8000 BC

8500 BC
Men in South America had already developed a technology for the cultivation of gourds and peppers. What else was going on then?

8000 BC
Remains of a lakeside dwelling in central Oregon buried and preserved by the erupting of Mount Mazama showed that people there probably ate sage, bison, rabbi, bear, sheep, elk, choke berries, hazelnuts, and blackberries. How does your diet compare to theirs? These same people used baskets and wore sandals. I bet they helped their children to a similar diet and skill set.
In Nevada people hunted many species of large game including the ground sloth and the mammoth. Native Americans tell of these hunts in songs, chants, and stories. An 'atlatl,' the spear thrower was used to hunt these large animals and had been used to hunt such large beasts far back into the preceding Ice Age. Bow and arrow and atlatl and spear technologies were quite different. Native Americans developed and used excellent ways to pass on the 'hows and whys' of their technologies. My we do as well.
The most recent Ice Age was truly over and humans were eating chiltepines in Mexico. Mexicans eat them today. Be cautious if you intend to follow their example.
There is again the development of framing an settled village life in Anatolia. There may have been close decedents of Noah in those villages.

Are you intereste in these times? earlier times? later times? Why? Why not?

Something Fishy?

Dead fish.
Lots of dead fish floating on the river July 13th.
Too many dead fish floating on the river and accompanied by a strong strange unpleasant smell.
Many dead fish floating on the Colorado River near Parker Arizona.
The river seems clearer than usual.
Live fish were swimming in the same water, so perhaps the kill happened elsewhere.
What caused this big fish kill?
Where might we get more information?

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Tohono O'odham

What's the difference between the Papago/Pima and the Tohono O'odham?
Does O' odham look Irish to you?

The Pima have something to do with sheets, don't they?

Have you seen the new Tohono O'odham National Cultural Center & Museum. I haven't.

Do you know anything about the tribes recent renewed cultural ties with people in Mexico?


The Tohono O'odham may be the largest American Indian nation in the US, except for the Navajo. Have the Tohono O'odham been in this land longer than the Navajo?


Who will go with me to the new museum? It is about 70 miles southwest of Tucson, Arizona? I think that it is very near Sells, Arizona. Sells was thought of as the tribal capital. Organ Pipe National Park is right there. I remember a 7000 year old road heading south (and north) near there. I can almost hear the tiny bells that passed that way. It is an interesting area in which to cross the Mexico/US boarder. Wish I had thought of it coming back this time.

East by Southeast

From my parking spot near Salton sea I drove to Yuma, Arizona and on toward Tucson. As I drove I began some mental calculations and came to some conclusions. I concluded that I could not now afford long term travel in the US. I find that to enjoy myself these days it costs me a minimum of about $200 a day while driving my own vehicle.
I continued my claculations and was forced to conclude that not only could I not afford long term travel in the US, but that I could not afford to do so even without a car and in cheaper `third world` countries. So, not only am I too old and weak for varieties of travel, but also do not have the wealth to do so within my comfort zone.
Sometimes reality comes with clarity as one drives.