Traditional Latte Sites of the Mariana Islands - Archaeology Studio 127

Traditional Latte Sites of the Mariana Islands - Archaeology Studio 127

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[ArchaeologyStudio]

Here is an updated 22-mins video about traditional "latte" sites of the Mariana Islands . What parts would you like to explore or consider in more detail?

[T.E.Drow]

The one part that I would love to know more about is the hardest, the use of the buildings in more accurate historical detail. Were the larger for the family head or as a meeting hall, etc.
Thank you for the detailed presentation you were about to put together. The Spanish seemed to have made your job of understanding the sites that much harder with the displacement of the population and suppression of their culture.

[DanishGSM]

Amazing video and info I say.
Thanks so much.

[achohour]

Thank you for the comprehensive and concise presentation. I found the discussion about quarrying method and quarrying sites particularly fascinating. I'd be interested to learn more, especially about the quarry sites that correspond to iconic latte sets, such as the House of Taga set and the Mepo latte in Hagatna and Adelup. 

Additionally, the remark you made about recreating physical models to learn more makes me think about our ability to move multi-ton stone today, without the assistance of "modern" equipment. From what I understand, large stones are still being moved/dragged using "traditional" methods by societies in south east Asia, usually as part of a ceremony to acknowledge the death of a loved one. I look forward to an explorative model that illustrates the techniques used to quarry, transport AND stack tasa (especially large ones) on top of haligi. Are there any cultures that still practice megalithic stone stacking?

Ma'ase talo' yan many many thanks for making your publications easily and freely accessible.

[mfadls]

The latte structure may exist also in Indonesia in the remote past, as can be seen in some reliefs in Borobudur temple depicting the life of ancient people in 9th century AD (or before) in Central Java. You can find the picture, for example, in the book of "The living home: An anthropology of architecture in South-East Asia" (by Roxana Waterson).

[KalaniHaupia]

I think they were portals…or a generator of some sort…like a power distributor

[clarenceandbridgettallen]

I am a Chamorro woman. I don't believe the latte stones were made for houses. Where did they quarry the stones from? Why would we build stones to put WOOD houses on them? I think a deeper look is needed. Maybe Graham Hancock should do it.