Comments on: Parallel Life And Death 1275 AD – Massacred Gallina And Vanishing Anasazi http://anthropology.net/2007/07/16/parallel-life-and-death-1275-ad-massacred-gallina-and-vanishing-anasazi/ Beyond bones & stones Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:33:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: John http://anthropology.net/2007/07/16/parallel-life-and-death-1275-ad-massacred-gallina-and-vanishing-anasazi/#comment-12386 John Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:27:19 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/07/16/parallel-life-and-death-1275-ad-massacred-gallina-and-vanishing-anasazi/#comment-12386 The essay strikes me as wildly conjectural, in an awfully dramatic manner. To be frank, it sounds like the imaginative scripts woven by romantic philologists of the early 19th century, upon encountering relics of ancient civilizations. How can the author by taken seriously with speculations like this: "...possibly in the hope that they had left the blood-soaked rituals of their ancestors far away to the south, and several hundred years in the past. But sooner or later, violence was to catch up with them..." What I mean is, what are the odds that THIS dramatic explanation is correct? Just consider the infinite combinations of misunderstandings, actions, and reactions by which things can go horribly wrong, in the course of human events, to force migrations. In seeking to understand the troubled past, may I suggest it may be best to humbly consider the traditions of the descendants. If they want to provide an explanation of what happened, then consider it without adding your own spin, bias, or wild speculations. If they don't want to provide an explanation or talk about it, then accept and respect it. The essay strikes me as wildly conjectural, in an awfully dramatic manner. To be frank, it sounds like the imaginative scripts woven by romantic philologists of the early 19th century, upon encountering relics of ancient civilizations. How can the author by taken seriously with speculations like this:
“…possibly in the hope that they had left the blood-soaked rituals of their ancestors far away to the south, and several hundred years in the past. But sooner or later, violence was to catch up with them…”
What I mean is, what are the odds that THIS dramatic explanation is correct? Just consider the infinite combinations of misunderstandings, actions, and reactions by which things can go horribly wrong, in the course of human events, to force migrations.

In seeking to understand the troubled past, may I suggest it may be best to humbly consider the traditions of the descendants. If they want to provide an explanation of what happened, then consider it without adding your own spin, bias, or wild speculations. If they don’t want to provide an explanation or talk about it, then accept and respect it.

]]> By: John http://anthropology.net/2007/07/16/parallel-life-and-death-1275-ad-massacred-gallina-and-vanishing-anasazi/#comment-12385 John Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:24:48 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/07/16/parallel-life-and-death-1275-ad-massacred-gallina-and-vanishing-anasazi/#comment-12385 The essay strikes me as wildly conjectural, in an awfully dramatic manner. To be frank, it sounds like the imaginative scripts woven by romantic philologists of the early 19th century, upon encountering relics of ancient civilizations. How can the author by taken seriously with speculations like this: "...possibly in the hope that they had left the blood-soaked rituals of their ancestors far away to the south, and several hundred years in the past. But sooner or later, violence was to catch up with them..." What I mean is, what are the odds that THIS dramatic explanation is correct? Just consider the infinite combinations of misunderstandings, actions, and reactions by which things can go horribly wrong, in the course of human events, to force migrations. In seeking to understand the troubled past, suggest it may be best to humbly consider the traditions of the descendants. If they want to provide an explanation of what happened, then consider it without adding your own spin, bias, or wild speculations. If they don't want to provide an explanation or talk about it, then accept and respect it. The essay strikes me as wildly conjectural, in an awfully dramatic manner. To be frank, it sounds like the imaginative scripts woven by romantic philologists of the early 19th century, upon encountering relics of ancient civilizations. How can the author by taken seriously with speculations like this:
“…possibly in the hope that they had left the blood-soaked rituals of their ancestors far away to the south, and several hundred years in the past. But sooner or later, violence was to catch up with them…”
What I mean is, what are the odds that THIS dramatic explanation is correct? Just consider the infinite combinations of misunderstandings, actions, and reactions by which things can go horribly wrong, in the course of human events, to force migrations.

In seeking to understand the troubled past, suggest it may be best to humbly consider the traditions of the descendants. If they want to provide an explanation of what happened, then consider it without adding your own spin, bias, or wild speculations. If they don’t want to provide an explanation or talk about it, then accept and respect it.

]]> By: Erik http://anthropology.net/2007/07/16/parallel-life-and-death-1275-ad-massacred-gallina-and-vanishing-anasazi/#comment-9424 Erik Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:50:09 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/07/16/parallel-life-and-death-1275-ad-massacred-gallina-and-vanishing-anasazi/#comment-9424 The Gallina were in fact part of the greater Anasazi culture. The name Gallina better represents a temporal phase (Gallina Phase A.D. 1100 - 1275) than a people. They are distinct from neighboring Anasazi regions in their conservatism and lack of trade but most definetly part of the larger Anasazi world as evidenced by ceramics, architecture, and subsistence pracitces. The prevailing hypothesis is that the Gallina cultural patterns began in the Upper San Juan region of northern New Mexico. As far as disappearing, The prehistoric populations of the southwest are largely represented by todays modern Pueblo peoples. The Gallina were in fact part of the greater Anasazi culture. The name Gallina better represents a temporal phase (Gallina Phase A.D. 1100 – 1275) than a people. They are distinct from neighboring Anasazi regions in their conservatism and lack of trade but most definetly part of the larger Anasazi world as evidenced by ceramics, architecture, and subsistence pracitces. The prevailing hypothesis is that the Gallina cultural patterns began in the Upper San Juan region of northern New Mexico. As far as disappearing, The prehistoric populations of the southwest are largely represented by todays modern Pueblo peoples.

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