Archaeology [Sticky] Archaeology by Prau123

It make sense to include the northern part of Australia on the Austronesian Map since Austronesians visited the continent a long time ago and only temporarily stayed there as mentioned on the quote below.  There's more research on Austronesian language family in the northern part of Australia and one day they'll include it on the Austronesian Map which will overlap with the Australoid language family map. Australoid people have been thriving on Australia for 70,000 years. 

In Australia, Austronesians landed on its northern coasts between 2000 BCE and 500 CE and introduced the dingo, a breed of Asian dog, possibly by accident. But unlike the rest of the Austronesian world, Australia was too infertile and climatically inhospitable for agriculture and outside settlement for a long time

Since Ute-Aztecan language family originated in the Sonoran Desert which is located on both the U.S. - Mexican territory, does this suggest that the Aztecs originated there and it was called Aztlan. Maybe the oral traditions of some Aztecs descendants suggest that they originated in the Intaglios where there are human and animal geoglyphs. The Intaglios is located in the Sonoran Desert.

Aztlan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztlán

Sonoran Desert

click on the site

https://www.asiangeo.com/heritage/the-pyramid-of-gunung-padang/

I actually believe several Moai statues on Easter Island are older than 1100 AD considering how deep some of them have been buried only exposing their famous head while the rest of the body are underneath the ground. It takes thousands of years to build up that much dirt to cover it up.  It's possible that we maybe looking at an Antediluvian culture or pre-flood culture dating back over 10,000 years ago.  There are over 900 Moai statues visible on the island.  There are some more underneath the ocean and likely some more underneath the ground completely covered by soil and vegetation. There's at least one that was taken away from the island decades ago. 

Considering how isolated this small island is to the rest of the world is truly mind boggling. Why construct it here only?  There's even finely cut and place Pre-Inca stones on the island which suggest that they had maritime trade with the South American people. Easter Island(Rapa Nui) was likely a multi-ethnic society with each group having their own style of construction methods.  We don't know who were the first people to inhabit the island either. 

There's another isolated small island to the west called Rapa Iti. This island reminds us of the mound building culture in the eastern half of North America and South America. There are a dozen mounds located on top of the mountains or rolling hills and we don't know if they are related to Easter Island builders or other Pacific Island cultures. 

Some stones in Machu Picchu are older than 1400 AD. The megalithic stones that are finely cut and fitted are possibly Antediluvian in origin.  Basically, we haven't been able to duplicate their construction methods which may have required advance knowledge and technology.  

I misspelled Uto-Aztecan on my previous post.

Why some ancient structures will never be found.  We  know that stones will last for a long time and those are the artifacts that archeologist are typically finding. Archeologist suggest that only 5% of the world's structure has only been excavated however a lot of it has already dematerialized. Construction materials such as wood could only last for a few centuries. Most ancient societies used wood from the tree to build their houses and other building structures.  There are plenty of wood available and they grow back rapidly after they have been cut down. They are more readily available compared to stones in nature. They are easy to use, transport, shape, cut and lift.

Archaeologist usually emphasize on finding artifacts made of stones and metals instead. If a house made of stone is missing some building material parts then they'll likely substitute it with wood.  Archaeologist could only reconstruct a model on what's missing on the stone structure such as a wooden roof or wooden door on a stone made house. 

There are some structures that could only last for a few months or years.  Igloos are one example. Inuit people have to make use of what's available around them to survive the freezing conditions of the Arctic. 

Igloo