[HN Gopher] The Phantom Forests That Built Mesa Verde
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       The Phantom Forests That Built Mesa Verde
        
       Author : Thevet
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2021-03-05 03:00 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | legulere wrote:
       | If they didn't cut the trees down, maybe a big storm left them
       | with a lot of wood?
        
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       | trhway wrote:
       | looks similar to how we'll be living on Mars. One can imagine an
       | alien (or even human descendants) archeologist some millennia
       | later on Mars wondering where all that metal and plastic came
       | from.
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       | Probably Mesa Verdians understood if you cut down trees around
       | your village, your quality of life will go down.
        
       | harveywi wrote:
       | Do the phantom trees in these phantom forests have phantom limbs?
        
       | blululu wrote:
       | Cool article. The four corners area has an astonishing variety of
       | climates and terrains. In many ways this is a strength for the
       | region, but microclimates are delicate and climate change led to
       | massive disruptions in a delicate balance. As an aside, I'm glad
       | to see that 'Ancestral Puebloan' has superseded 'Anasazi' as the
       | demonym for the Chaco Canyon & Mesa Verde civilizations.
        
         | nitrogen wrote:
         | _As an aside, I 'm glad to see that 'Ancestral Puebloan' has
         | superseded 'Anasazi' as the demonym for the Chaco Canyon & Mesa
         | Verde civilizations._
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         | What is the origin and motivation for the old and new names
         | such that one is better?
        
           | hackcasual wrote:
           | Anasazi means "ancient enemies" in Navajo.
        
             | pueblito wrote:
             | Plus we consider them our ancestors
        
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