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Ancient mesoamerican civilizations do not seem recognizably human

We don't even know anything about most of them. All we have ...
Turquoise tank corn cake
  10/24/17
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180 Knife Twinkling Uncleanness
  10/25/17
... there is writing
Rusted Cocky Ticket Booth
  10/25/17
Not for most of these people there isn't. And we have very l...
Turquoise tank corn cake
  04/21/18
We do have writing, and we know that one of the most powerfu...
Demanding degenerate quadroon
  10/25/17
For some of them we have writing, but only the more recent o...
Turquoise tank corn cake
  10/25/17
I suppose it is notable that we're not sure who exactly buil...
Demanding degenerate quadroon
  10/25/17
Pretty sure what they were doing was building giant heads, t...
Vigorous hyperactive kitty cat
  10/25/17
How much of the workforce was just slave labor for the king ...
Jet violent church famous landscape painting
  10/25/17
Is this rach's last known poast?
Turquoise tank corn cake
  06/22/20
The olmecs developed a writing system late in their epoch, b...
Turquoise tank corn cake
  04/21/18
tbf, there is probably some Chiapas drug lord calling himsel...
Orchid Cheese-eating Feces
  04/21/18
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flatulent foreskin
  10/25/17
I mean, they didn't even have wheels. What the fuck were th...
Jet violent church famous landscape painting
  10/25/17
They were getting high as fuck and domesticating llamas, cor...
Turquoise tank corn cake
  10/25/17
The Incas did llamas and potatoes.
Misunderstood mahogany church building
  09/20/20
They went hard down the religion and bronze working parts of...
ruby bossy preventive strike
  09/20/20
Religion, Astronomy, Mathematics, Masonry, probably in that ...
Turquoise tank corn cake
  09/20/20
Bronze/iron a prereq for compass and optics which gets you a...
ruby bossy preventive strike
  09/20/20
Looks like you can get to astronomy through paper and theolo...
Turquoise tank corn cake
  09/20/20
Not too surprising, because Guatemalans are their descendant...
fluffy kitchen
  10/25/17
*rolls skull down pyramid steps *
Soul-stirring Death Wish
  10/25/17
Most of the writings were destroyed by enemy tribes or by sp...
Arrogant dashing theater stage alpha
  04/21/18
The Spanish did God's work.
Sadistic sex offender
  04/21/18
...
Plum community account
  09/20/20
Small pox really. The occupants of north america were doomed...
maniacal shimmering site black woman
  09/20/20
...
Turquoise tank corn cake
  09/20/20
Archaeologists have decided that the most important ritual i...
vibrant azure mental disorder pisswyrm
  09/20/20
It looks like it was different everywhere. Court sizes vary ...
Turquoise tank corn cake
  09/20/20
Mesoamerican civs were the most brutal in history, and that'...
Misunderstood mahogany church building
  09/20/20
thousands of virgins a day
Razzmatazz amber juggernaut
  09/20/20
There is evidence of mass human sacrifices, to the tune of t...
maniacal shimmering site black woman
  09/20/20
Think about the cultures in north america ten thousand years...
maniacal shimmering site black woman
  09/20/20
Same with sub Saharan africa
Plum community account
  09/20/20


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Date: October 24th, 2017 11:30 PM
Author: Turquoise tank corn cake

We don't even know anything about most of them. All we have is some old ruins, no writing. We don't know wtf they called themselves or what they did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522736)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:13 AM
Author: 180 Knife Twinkling Uncleanness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522920)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:13 AM
Author: Rusted Cocky Ticket Booth

... there is writing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522924)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 6:48 PM
Author: Turquoise tank corn cake

Not for most of these people there isn't. And we have very little of the writing anyone left behind.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890403)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:13 AM
Author: Demanding degenerate quadroon

We do have writing, and we know that one of the most powerful mesoamerican kings called himself "Jaguar Penis"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522925)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:27 AM
Author: Turquoise tank corn cake

For some of them we have writing, but only the more recent ones. We don't know wtf the Olmecs or Toltecs were doing. There are many others that left even less behind than they did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522994)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:32 AM
Author: Demanding degenerate quadroon

I suppose it is notable that we're not sure who exactly built Teotihuacan.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523025)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:34 AM
Author: Vigorous hyperactive kitty cat

Pretty sure what they were doing was building giant heads, the most prestigious activity of any great ancient civilization.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523036)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:41 AM
Author: Jet violent church famous landscape painting

How much of the workforce was just slave labor for the king to pursue his public works and monuments to the gods/himself, and how many others occupied themselves as farmers or artisans, selling ponchos, backpacks and chess sets to spendthrift passers-by?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523071)



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Date: June 22nd, 2020 12:57 AM
Author: Turquoise tank corn cake

Is this rach's last known poast?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40470257)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 6:50 PM
Author: Turquoise tank corn cake

The olmecs developed a writing system late in their epoch, but we only have like 2 or 3 examples of it anywhere in the world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890413)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:51 PM
Author: Orchid Cheese-eating Feces

tbf, there is probably some Chiapas drug lord calling himself that today

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890966)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:15 AM
Author: flatulent foreskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522941)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:20 AM
Author: Jet violent church famous landscape painting

I mean, they didn't even have wheels. What the fuck were they doing?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522964)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:30 AM
Author: Turquoise tank corn cake

They were getting high as fuck and domesticating llamas, corn, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, peppers and tobacco.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523012)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:42 PM
Author: Misunderstood mahogany church building

The Incas did llamas and potatoes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954366)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:37 PM
Author: ruby bossy preventive strike

They went hard down the religion and bronze working parts of the tech tree

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954352)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:40 PM
Author: Turquoise tank corn cake

Religion, Astronomy, Mathematics, Masonry, probably in that order.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954359)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:43 PM
Author: ruby bossy preventive strike

Bronze/iron a prereq for compass and optics which gets you astronomy

Tbf very easy to overlook the wheel if you’ve got pottery already

http://www.civfanatics.net/downloads/civ4/reference/CIV4%20TECHTREE%20FRONT%20ENG%20Lo%20Res.pdf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954370)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:48 PM
Author: Turquoise tank corn cake

Looks like you can get to astronomy through paper and theology and some other bullshit that doesn't require metal working.

Oh wait I read that wrong. Looks like those are necessary but not sufficient.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954393)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:32 AM
Author: fluffy kitchen

Not too surprising, because Guatemalans are their descendants and they don't look recognizably human either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523024)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:45 AM
Author: Soul-stirring Death Wish

*rolls skull down pyramid steps *

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523096)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 6:51 PM
Author: Arrogant dashing theater stage alpha

Most of the writings were destroyed by enemy tribes or by spanish conquistadors.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890420)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:54 PM
Author: Sadistic sex offender

The Spanish did God's work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890979)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:08 PM
Author: Plum community account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954503)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:13 PM
Author: maniacal shimmering site black woman

Small pox really. The occupants of north america were doomed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954537)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:31 PM
Author: Turquoise tank corn cake



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954322)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:33 PM
Author: vibrant azure mental disorder pisswyrm

Archaeologists have decided that the most important ritual in their culture was “the ball game” but no one knows wtf it looked like or what any of the rules were.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954328)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:36 PM
Author: Turquoise tank corn cake

It looks like it was different everywhere. Court sizes vary widely, as does the size of the hoops. It seems the some courts were used for purely competitive games whereas others were ceremonial and probably choreographed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954348)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:46 PM
Author: Misunderstood mahogany church building

Mesoamerican civs were the most brutal in history, and that's with full knowledge that most civilizations were very brutal by 21st c. western standards. No other civilization practiced human sacrifice on such a scale.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954382)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:50 PM
Author: Razzmatazz amber juggernaut

thousands of virgins a day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954400)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:03 PM
Author: maniacal shimmering site black woman

There is evidence of mass human sacrifices, to the tune of thousands of people at a time.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954463)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:05 PM
Author: maniacal shimmering site black woman

Think about the cultures in north america ten thousand years ago that witnessed the massive glacier breaking up and catastrophic flooding like we've never imagined. Some dude was around when that shit went down. It would have been followed by insane forest fires that leave a layer of smoke across the globe. Just nuts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954477)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:08 PM
Author: Plum community account

Same with sub Saharan africa

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954500)