engraved hearts

i think tabdog is right because that does make sense 

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Hmm. No reply from creolegirl. I'm still curious as to how those engravings were analysed for their age.

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Hi Creolegirl. Thank you for replying. I wish you could tell me of the methods used to analyse the age of the engravings; it's rather important to me and I'll tell you why.
Some people are attempting to scam a group of foreigners. They have shown the foreigners some "WW2 treasure signs" engraved on some rocks. I have frequented the area where the rocks are, and I know for a fact that 6 months ago, no such engravings were on those same rocks. If you (or anyone else) can get me the info needed, you will be helping to prevent a scam and knock some sense into some people who have let greed and gold fever control their brain. Thank you.

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Wow,
That is an extremely cool site and story. Good luck with it, but be carful!
Tim

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tabdog;

I think you are probably wrong, surveying is an invention of civilization. Only the second oldest! 

Hunter-gatherers used metes and bounds, yes, but for ALL the land, not parcels. They believed an individual could not own the land, it was held by the group,clan, or family.

The Iroquois/Mohawk/Cherokee, had matrilinial societies, similar to west coast (central to north,) and Wales, where the women inherit and held the land titles, while THEIR families hunted and cared for these lands. The men only held political titles. Only the west coast Dene groups and northern interior (Dene,) as far as I know, had so called parcels of land and they definately were described by metes and bounds. Also, their Rights are passed on, from mother to daughter or niece, if no daughters.

But not all N.Am. natives followed this practice. Some sold their daughters for a stack of blankets or a nice horse, like my great grandfather wanted to sell  my grandmother to my grandfather..... for some land.... which he had already sold to my great great grandfather.... my great grand fathers father. Sly trick.

Some recent native lands claims, court cases, in BC, were won on the basis of traditional, historical metes and bounds claims. Specifically, the Gitskan-Wesewitan and the Nisga.

Surveyors, in the UK, mostly only surveyed trails and roads, to begin with, also known as the Dodmen.

Basically, the natives did not have to survey, it was pre-described, by God made objects.
I think surveying was an invention of those dratted, pesky, Romans (or the Norman invaders of England.) 

Romans had plumb bobs to use, made from plumbum (lead.) 

When these old boys got to surveying, they figgered they owned the whole (known) world, hence all these nice coins and things, all over Europe, were lost by Roman surveyors.

Good theory, aint it?

goldigger (Brian)

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