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Anthropology

Effete Snob

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1. Why were ancient people such slobs

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Sep 28, 2023, 12:24 PM

Sep 2023

It seems like they left their stuff laying around all over the place for us to find and clean up after them.

Thank goodness I never had one as a roommate.

And why was someone running around in sandals with a 3300 year old basket?

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9,500-Year-Old Baskets And 6,200-Year-Old Sandals Found In Spanish Cave [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2023 OP

Why were ancient people such slobs Effete Snob Sep 2023 #1

They really were a sloppy bunch. Too bad anyone had to dredge up information about them now! Judi Lynn Sep 2023 #4

First link did not work but second did and thank you for it. efhmc Sep 2023 #2

The photo in the article of the baskets wouldn't copy & paste as it was, I couldn't find a copy, Judi Lynn Sep 2023 #5

Is anyone else amazed at the good condition of those baskets in the photo? Ziggysmom Sep 2023 #3

Absolutely. I was stunned by the fact somehow they came through so much time in any form Judi Lynn Sep 2023 #6

I'm amazed at how well those baskets aged cally Sep 2023 #7

These 6,000-year-old sandals found in a Spanish cave are Europe's oldest shoes Judi Lynn Sep 2023 #8