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The Hoshikuso Pass is located northwest of Mount Kirigamine and northeast of Lake Suwa, in an area where numerous Japanese Paleolithic remains have been found. Obsidian, or hoshikuso (literally "star-shit") as it was known in the local dialect, was frequently used for stone tools and weapons in the Paleolithic and Jōmon periods as it could be easily fractured by lithic reduction to produce ...
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Obsidian projectile point.. Obsidian is a naturally formed volcanic glass that was an important part of the material culture of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.Obsidian was a highly integrated part of daily and ritual life, and its widespread and varied use may be a significant contributor to Mesoamerica's lack of metallurgy.
Archaeological masks have been found from early Paleo-Eskimo and from early Dorset culture period. [2] It is believed that these masks served several functions, including being in rituals representing animals in personalized form; [14] being used by shaman (medicine man or angakkuq) in ceremonies relating to spirits (as in the case of a wooden mask from southwestern Alaska); [15] it is also ...
Toby: The Secret Mine is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer with black silhouette graphics. The gameplay is very similar to Limbo but its atmosphere is much less dark and world is much more colorful. The player controls Toby throughout the game, guiding him through multiple levels set in varied environments such as forests, caves, a mine ...
Soul cakes eaten during Halloween, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day A soul cake , also known as a soulmass-cake , is a small round cake with sweet spices, which resembles a shortbread biscuit. It is traditionally made for Halloween , All Saints' Day , and All Souls' Day to commemorate the dead in many Christian traditions.
Updated Obsidian soul's original chart as length estimation as 1.3 m is dubious. (see this discussion) Proportion would be mostly fine considering telson length.Only consideable problem may be original chart is for E. remipes, while largest specimen is E. lacustris.
The Mask of Pakal is a funerary jade mask found in the tomb of the Mayan king, K’inich Janaab’ Pakal inside the Temple of the Inscriptions at the Maya city of Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico. Considered a master piece of Mesoamerican and Maya art , the mask is made with over 346 green jade stone fragments, the eyes are made with shell, nacre ...