tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post2971048979028146761..comments2024-03-11T15:40:37.015+00:00Comments on Theoretical Structural Archaeology: Why the Gods created slaveryGeoff Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-56022250509885354322011-04-17T00:13:09.207+01:002011-04-17T00:13:09.207+01:00Hi Ned
Thanks for the positive feedback.
Slavery ...Hi Ned<br />Thanks for the positive feedback. <br />Slavery is distasteful,unromantic, and not very interesting on a material level; it is not something archaeologists like to dwell on. However, in a society where an individual could be castrated, or sacrificed to serve their rulers in the after life, individual autonomy was clearly regarded differently.<br /><br />- yeah verily doth man make the Gods in his own image.<br /><br />PS Odin's Raven - that link is a great Joke!Geoff Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-63776791406524443002011-04-16T23:22:13.498+01:002011-04-16T23:22:13.498+01:00Dear Geoff
Having looked up slavery in the archae...Dear Geoff<br /><br />Having looked up slavery in the archaeology books I have and found pretty much nothing, I'm delighted to find this. There are so many images dating back to Naqada and Uruk egypt of captivity and yet little comment on its implications.<br /><br />Also, I like your thoughts on axe polishing.<br /><br />NedNed Peglerhttp://armchairprehistory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-1422587449347479002011-04-16T00:12:59.635+01:002011-04-16T00:12:59.635+01:00Here's a little joke about archaeology:
http:/...Here's a little joke about archaeology:<br />http://niklowe.blogspot.com/2011/04/world-leaders-still.htmlOdin's Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138497698247404499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-55955578373497193162011-04-15T00:37:23.805+01:002011-04-15T00:37:23.805+01:00Hi OR,
Human sacrifice would also constitute a ma...Hi OR, <br />Human sacrifice would also constitute a major heath & safety issue! <br />Rulers in this period could be buried with an entourage as found at Ur.Geoff Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-81552208130135681032011-04-14T22:31:33.043+01:002011-04-14T22:31:33.043+01:00The Gods seem not to have been concerned with the ...The Gods seem not to have been concerned with the physical comfort of humans. They may have thought they had more important concerns than the lives of humans, especially slaves. <br /><br />No one had invented the Health and Safety Jobsworth to whine and bluster to them about Human Rights! Society had not progressed from worshiping Gods to worshiping slaves.<br /><br />Maybe some priests persuaded the Gods that the economy must be developed and that slaves would be excellent items of trade, and constitute portable transferable wealth i.e. money.Odin's Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138497698247404499noreply@blogger.com