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Ishmael I
Ishmael Jun 29, 2005 00:19:44
Replying to follow that cow

During the stonerowing experiment I got talking to a farmer from Bodmin who told me that he regularly moves 6 to 8 ton stones out of fields with great ease using only 4 people.
The secret was Shite. Cow/Sheep/Goat anyones.
He said they create a rope harness around the stone and tether individual ropes for each person to pull on, preferably made out of cowhide as these type of ropes are easier to wind around the hands and get a better grip than several people holding onto one big rope.
They then lay a trail of shite and piss and turn the ground to a slurry and the stone is then very easy to drag.
I'd never thought of that before and I will be going to see this in action soon.
Add a couple of Uoroks and/or steers and some blokes with levers for rough terrain and I can see that big stones could be moved quite quickly over a great distance.

Wotcha fink?

B baza
baza Jun 29, 2005 00:30:58
Replying to Ishmael

What a load of shite!

Err, what I mean is, you'd need a lot of shit to move stones for miles. A livestock farmer'd have a good supply, but I'd think such farms woud be few and far between in the neolithic. But....if it works, it works.

Baz

F follow that cow
follow that cow Jun 29, 2005 00:41:35
Replying to Ishmael

Our ancestors were a lot more pragmatic when it came to the possible use of body waste than we are in our lavender fresh and sanitised world.

Downside would be the disease implications of lots of festering faeces smeared across the countryside.

But I'm sure if a modern farmer uses this method it is likley to have been used in generations past!

I am of the notion that the answers to the 'mysteries' of the ancients are here and now, all it take is learning to look at things from a different perspective. To try and unlearn the modern. How a human solved the problem THEN is how a human would solve the problem NOW.


FTC