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Offline TXCraig1

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Major Archeological Discovery – Native Americans May Have Invented Pizza
« on: March 18, 2012, 08:40:59 PM »
Exploring a cave in West Texas last week, we discovered some pictographs that appear to suggest that native American Indians may have invented what we know as the pizza. These cave drawings are most likely Mescalero-Apache or Lipan-Apache and probably date to the late-1700's, perhaps 100+ years before the advent of the modern Italian pizza in the late 1880's. The drawing on the left certainly appears to be a pizza sliced into six pieces while the image on the right looks to be a primitive wood-fired oven of A-frame design.

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Re: Major Archeological Discovery – Native Americans May Have Invented Pizza
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2012, 08:42:32 PM »
More pics from the expedition:
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Re: Major Archeological Discovery – Native Americans May Have Invented Pizza
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2012, 08:46:01 PM »
These stone features are fairly common in the limestone layers out west. Sand, gravel, or a rock gets caught in an indentation and is spun around by water and acts like a drill boring an almost perfectly round hole. They can get very deep. We've found them as deep as 12". Sometimes you find a rock in the bottom that is round and smooth like a marble or an almond from the spinning.
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Re: Major Archeological Discovery – Native Americans May Have Invented Pizza
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2012, 08:50:28 PM »
It was spring in the high desert. Normally it is so brown, but last week, all the colors of the rainbow were represented.
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« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2012, 08:52:46 PM »
More color:
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« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2012, 08:53:04 PM »
More color:
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Re: Major Archeological Discovery – Native Americans May Have Invented Pizza
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2012, 02:23:22 PM »
Craig

I may have missed it but where were you in West Texas... that's my stomping grounds...

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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2012, 02:26:21 PM »
Between Sheffield and Dryden just off of 349.

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Re: Major Archeological Discovery – Native Americans May Have Invented Pizza
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2012, 02:37:11 PM »
ahhhh shoot.... I was guessing the Fort Davis mountains...  I was close.  Beautiful this time of year ay? 
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« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2012, 03:05:56 PM »
I think it is beautiful all year, but it is colorful now...

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Re: Major Archeological Discovery – Native Americans May Have Invented Pizza
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2012, 04:45:58 PM »
Craig,

I don’t know if I missed this thread, but all the pictures are beautiful!  Your sons are lucky to have a father like you that shows them the beauty of nature.  ;D

I wonder if that cave drawing is really something like pizza.   

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« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2012, 04:53:48 PM »
Quote from: norma427 on April 04, 2012, 04:45:58 PM
Craig,

I don’t know if I missed this thread, but all the pictures are beautiful!  Your sons are lucky to have a father like you that shows them the beauty of nature.  ;D

I wonder if that cave drawing is really something like pizza.   

Norma

Thanks Norma. It must be pizza - what else could it be???  :-D
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Re: Major Archeological Discovery – Native Americans May Have Invented Pizza
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2012, 05:02:01 PM »
Quote from: TXCraig1 on April 04, 2012, 04:53:48 PM
Thanks Norma. It must be pizza - what else could it be???  :-D

Craig,

You mind thinks almost like mine! (pizza on the brain too much)   :-D  They could have been doing math lessons, or maybe it was some kind of flatbread.   :angel: Who knows what those pictures are.  8)

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« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2012, 05:50:23 AM »


Whaca packing there sir?

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Re: Major Archeological Discovery – Native Americans May Have Invented Pizza
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2012, 09:49:13 AM »
Quote from: SinoChef on April 05, 2012, 05:50:23 AM

Whaca packing there sir?

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