+Ambrosia Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 (edited) Stelae are ancient stone tablets or monuments. There are examples in many cultures throughout the world: Maya, Aztec, Phoenicia, Egypt, etc. They were used for many purposes: Border markers Grave Markers Stories Monuments to mark special events Laws They could be small and book sized to as tall as a person. They would be ingraved with either words to tell a story, or carvings that depicted a person or event. This Waymark may be able to stand on it's own, or be a sub-category under either standing stones or petroglyphs. Any comments? Edited August 19, 2005 by Ambrosia Link to comment
+Maingray Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Interesting..got an (online) example? Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 I'm uploading some pics to photobucket. They'll be up in a few minutes. Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 Here are two pictures of stelae in Tikal, Guatemala that we took while on vacation. They are about two or three feet tall: And here is a pic of stelae grave markers also in Tikal: Two law or story stelae: A complicated stelae showing a story in art form: Link to comment
Jeremy Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Wow. Neat. I wouldn't make subcategories. Instead you could do a dropdown list by type. Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 Well, I was wondering if it was too much like the category proposal for standing stones? Or maybe not...some of these stalae are rather small, and could be in a museum. Link to comment
+Maingray Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Look like a good category, very interesting! Link to comment
+Happy Landins Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 I think these should be in, but possibly toegther with standing stones - to the archaeologist they will be very different, but to the layman, similar. These should have an obligatory educational paragraph aimed at mid-high school level to explain to visitors what they are seeing in words of one syllable! Link to comment
+halffast Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 sounds like a good one to me. Link to comment
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