- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Apparently Indians that lived along the gulf coast were pretty tall
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:11 am
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:11 am
Ran across this while reading about the history of Gulf Shores -
“An Indian burial ground revealed 8 foot tall skeletons after being eroded by a strong storm. Florida Indians reportedly told Ponce de Leon that the Fountain of Youth lay west near the land of the giants. Archaeologists claim that some of the Indian mounds found are older than the Egyptian pyramids.”
“An Indian burial ground revealed 8 foot tall skeletons after being eroded by a strong storm. Florida Indians reportedly told Ponce de Leon that the Fountain of Youth lay west near the land of the giants. Archaeologists claim that some of the Indian mounds found are older than the Egyptian pyramids.”
34
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:18 am to Ramblin Wreck
Interesting
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:21 am to Ramblin Wreck
Neat. I've always wanted to know more about the north American mound builders.
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:22 am to Ramblin Wreck
I’ve read they used to hunt buffalo along the coast. Obviously not the giant herds seen out west, but they were around before whitey showed up.
This post was edited on 4/11/21 at 7:23 am
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:23 am to Ramblin Wreck
would make riding horses difficult wouldn’t it?
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:24 am to Klark Kent
They didn’t have horses
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:26 am to Klark Kent
quote:
would make riding horses difficult wouldn’t it?
The gulf coast Indians probably didn’t do much horse riding. Horses were introduced to America by the European explorers
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:28 am to Ramblin Wreck
I read a book about a spanish man whose ship bounced around what now is Florida and ended up just west of the Mississippi. I think they began with 300? mean and 2 survived (separately). He noted the large Indians in Floria and said their arrows could go a man's hand width into an oak tree. He ship and rafts were wrecked, and all provisions lost. The Indians that caught and enslaved him in south Texas were always on a starvation diet and on borderline existence. He eventually got reunited with another survivor and made it to Mexico area.
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:32 am to Ramblin Wreck
Somewhat related, if you’re looking for a good read, I’d recommend Empire of the Summer Moon, about the rise and fall of the Comanche. They were a brutal people
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:38 am to Ramblin Wreck
There were Indians in BSL 8000 years ago, or so I’ve been told by ground penetrating radar operators who discover shell deposits.
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:50 am to jeffsdad
quote:
I read a book about a spanish man whose ship bounced around what now is Florida and ended up just west of the Mississippi. I think they began with 300?
His name was mouthful, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Really interesting book that lets you see how the Indians lived on the gulf coast at the time. I think it took place in the early half of the 1500’s.
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:51 am to Ramblin Wreck
I think they invented the game of basketball
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:54 am to jeffsdad
quote:
The Indians that caught and enslaved him
No, no. We can’t talk about stuff like that now. The only acceptable narrative is that Indians were always gentile “one with nature” hippies and were victimized by white colonizers
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:55 am to Ramblin Wreck
Posted on 4/11/21 at 7:57 am to Ramblin Wreck
The original Florida man.
Posted on 4/11/21 at 8:03 am to Ramblin Wreck
There's actually a passage in Conquest of New Spain where the Tlaxacans show Cortes all these gigantic skeletons they have, calling them their ancestors, and no one even comments on it. There are lots of references to extremely large "people" in various ancient literatures, but I don't think a definitive answer has been proposed as to what these peoples are referencing. What is true that in the post-Neolithic era, average human heights fell significantly, which might serve as an explanation for why you see descriptions of very tall skeletal remains in the source literature.
This post was edited on 4/11/21 at 9:26 am
Posted on 4/11/21 at 8:09 am to Ramblin Wreck
I bet those dudes pulled all kinds of arse out the FloraBama.
Posted on 4/11/21 at 8:10 am to Ramblin Wreck
quote:
An Indian burial ground revealed 8 foot tall skeletons
Those were midgets compared to the Gadsden Indians.
Gadsden Times
Seems like every area has similar tales.
Posted on 4/11/21 at 8:12 am to blizzle
quote:
Somewhat related, if you’re looking for a good read, I’d recommend Empire of the Summer Moon, about the rise and fall of the Comanche. They were a brutal people
I’ll have to check that one out.
The Gulf is another interesting book. The conquistadors were blown away by how large and healthy the Indians were. They fished the gulf while the Spanish were trying to survive off corn (that the Indians would use to feed their animals)
Posted on 4/11/21 at 8:12 am to crazy4lsu
quote:
What is true that in the post-Neolithic era, average human heights fell significantly
Why? Dietary changes?
Page 1 of 7
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News