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some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

I chanced on an article about them this past weekend.

Pretty interesting stuff.

I wonder what it means to our notions of pre-history?

http://www.subversiveelement.com/DropaStones.html

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

Saw a two hour show on the history channel on this. Basically after the two hour show, they couldn't really say if they were real or not, basically the whole thing about the Chinese engineer who translated them is thought to be bogus.

cruisemonkey · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject:

Pure crap... go waste your money on an Erick VonDanekin book. Rolling Eyes

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

I don't know, there seems to be some pretty compelling and highly scientific descriptions that lead me to believe the persons studying this are about as legit as you can get.

This was the clincher that convinced me:

Merlyn · Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Location: Korea

Hobophobic · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:46 pm Post subject:

Hmmm...carbon dating uses past organic materials found in soils around and in which items are found, and in this case I am curious as to know how they could date the cave drawings as well...

....perhaps if the caves were buried they used those materials found in soils at the base level to guesstimate?

*my bad....thnx CRSMNKY

cruisemonkey · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:06 pm Post subject:

Carbon dating dates artifacts (made of once living materials) themselves, not soil. Potassium-argon and uranium-series dating are used to date rocks in which fossils are found.

laogaiguk · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: somewhere in Korea

cruisemonkey · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject:

Yes, many of the pigments used would contain organic materials. However, it would not be accutate due to likely contamination.

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

Well, if they are fake or mis-interpreted, there sure seem to be a lot of people saying interesting things about them.

http://www.nii.net/~obie/dropa.htm

http://www.20kweb.com/weird_stuff/dropas.html

What I find the most interesting is not the stones themselves, but the stuff about the 2 tribes of people who are genetically different from anyone around them.

I wonder if any research has been done on that aspect.

Merlyn · Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Location: Korea

Merlyn · Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Location: Korea

And another comment on the stones, do any of the pictures show the carvings. Maybe I overlooked, but I don't think so. The Egyptian hieroglyphs took finding the Rosetta stone to learn how to understand them, apparently the Chinese archeologists just figured them out. They couldn't have been all that advanced then, unless they were similar to cave paintings and we don't usually say those were drawn by aliens, even if they are small.

Edited:All of the questions that we have raised have already been raised on another board and a professional archeologist has responded who specializes in East Asia archeology. It turns out there isn't even a record of the Chinese archaeologist, among other things. I'm sure it is just a conspiracy Rolling Eyes

Not. Take a look though. There is a poster called rajajuju, Does he remind you of anyone Smile

http://users.boardnation.com/~shadowboxent/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=222

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

The archeologist was actually Japanese.

There is a brief description of who he was on this site:

http://www.nii.net/~obie/dropa.htm

I tried to cut and paste the relevant section, but for some reason this computer refuses to co-operate.

There is a timeline given about various research that was supposedly done on these things.

It's about 3/4 way through the article, a short blurb about who he was.

Merlyn · Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Location: Korea

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

I never said anything about drawing conclusions. I was just thinking that there may be some avenues that haven't been investigated.

Anyway,

Here's what Wikipedia says about the tribes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropa

Ham and Dropa tribes
The area in question is still inhabited by tribes known as the Hams ([Kham]) and the Dropas.

Dropa is derived from Dropka, nomadic herders who inhabit most of Tibet. Dropka literally means, dweller of the black tent, so named because their tents are made from black yak hair. The Dropka, as well as the Ham, do not dwell in caves; they are normal, everyday Tibetans.

Other reports tell of different kind of Dropa and Han tribes living in this area. Both tribes are semi-troglodyte pygmies. Adults' heights are 3'6" and 4'7" with an average height of 4'2", and weigh 38 to 52 lbs. They are yellow-skinned with thin bodies and disproportionately large heads. They have sparse hair on their bodies and have large eyes that are not Asian in aspect, but have pale blue irises. They are neither Chinese nor Tibetan. Another report says the tribesmen averaged about five feet in height.

It is plausible that Asian pygmies exist/ed and that their religion/folk tales believe/d that their culture decended from the sky originally. Many religions believe in this theme, including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Other aboriginal cultures are between 4 and 5 feet in height: Inuit (Eskimos), Sami (Lapps), Ice Age nomads, rain forest natives, African pygmies, and Australian aborigines.

peace.