Posted by laramiebob on 9/30/2019 8:05:00 PM (view original):
REALLY??? There are multiple sources (including archeological records) that will confirm the historical age of the Hopi Tribe. Internet and Not.
You gonna argue with known science on the age of a people still living today right here in AZ??
Really??
I'm confused. I didn't expect YOU to take issue with truth. The HOPI are that old. Why would you even dispute that?
Of what benefit is it to you to question scientific FACT? Why?
What weird axe are you grinding?
I'll leave it to others to date this "Abraham" feller. But I can certainly find plenty of factual evidence to support my claim of the Hopi's age!
Without resorting to Wikipedia since that seems to bug you.
Archaeology and its parent discipline, Anthropology, are not science. They are best guess interpretations (like all social science) of a woefully incomplete record weaved with a large dose of creative writing. I have degrees in Anthropology and my Master thesis was on Amerindian populations (including the Hopi/Puebla.)
What the Internet is telling you is more a socio-political statement. Without a written history and relying primarily on either oral traditions (which change subtly from generation to generation but over centuries can display a large variance) or archaeological remains (which are notoriously misleading because they only show a snapshot of society without any cultural depth,) nobody knows anything concrete.
That's not the way those disciplines work. So, am I gonna argue with it? I really don't care. If you want to believe something is scientific fact when it's really opinion...Go for it. It's like learning about World War I by reading Hemingway's
A Farewell to Arms. It may not be accurate but it's a really good read.
9/30/2019 10:06 PM (edited)