In a message dated 8/29/2006 6:00:41 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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This cache of artifacts in Maryland wasn't concealed by a bowl as far as I
can recall, and the symbols he referred to have not been proven to be
African
or "cosmological". And the association of Africans with the cache is
completely inferential to begin with....
So, let me get this straight. You were present at the discovery of the
bowl?
Did anyone present at the discovery say anything about African American
association with the feature?
No, I wasn't there, and sorry, I was mistaken on this. There was a pearlware
bowl base involved, but it had an asterisk mark rather than a cross...
_http://www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/aia/Carroll%20House.htm_
(http://www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/aia/Carroll%20House.htm)
Carl