Saturday, May 20, 2006
Stone balls and my theory for what it's worth.
For a complete discussion of this, I wanted a variety of sources. I include at the top a link from one of my earlier postings on the alleged pyramids in BiH. I know of stone balls in Mexico which are huge. The ones found in BiH are not the biggest possible, the big ones are in South America.
My theory on the ones found in BiH is that at least some of them could be early cannon balls. Early cannon did not use the type of shell seen later, they used carefully carved stone balls, as stone is cheap, and re:useable. How big they got would have to depend on the cannon, and I'm fairly sure they were used in Medieval siege engines, I'm ot 100% sure on that last statement, I need to research it more. But on their use as cannon balls I'm very sure.
I think the size of the usual Bosnian find of stone balls makes their use as cannon balls a pretty likely theory.
http://www.bosnianpyramid.com/Archive_files/BosnianStoneBalls.html
Bosnian Stone Balls
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412410
Scottish Stone Balls
http://www.atomicathletic.com/store/category.aspx?categoryID=209
Modern Stone Ballls and their uses
http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology/special/balls.asp
More on Scottish Stone Balls
http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/museum/online_exhibitions/stones/stills/stills.html
I wanted to include these as the ones Osmanagic claims to have found he compared to stone balls found in South America and Mexico. As well t his is not one of those annoying 'woo woo' type articles. That is important as these things do exist, but probably have bugger all to do with Atlantis!
http://www.ku.edu/~hoopes/balls/
Stone Balls in Costa Rica
My theory on the ones found in BiH is that at least some of them could be early cannon balls. Early cannon did not use the type of shell seen later, they used carefully carved stone balls, as stone is cheap, and re:useable. How big they got would have to depend on the cannon, and I'm fairly sure they were used in Medieval siege engines, I'm ot 100% sure on that last statement, I need to research it more. But on their use as cannon balls I'm very sure.
I think the size of the usual Bosnian find of stone balls makes their use as cannon balls a pretty likely theory.
http://www.bosnianpyramid.com/Archive_files/BosnianStoneBalls.html
Bosnian Stone Balls
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412410
Scottish Stone Balls
http://www.atomicathletic.com/store/category.aspx?categoryID=209
Modern Stone Ballls and their uses
http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology/special/balls.asp
More on Scottish Stone Balls
http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/museum/online_exhibitions/stones/stills/stills.html
I wanted to include these as the ones Osmanagic claims to have found he compared to stone balls found in South America and Mexico. As well t his is not one of those annoying 'woo woo' type articles. That is important as these things do exist, but probably have bugger all to do with Atlantis!
http://www.ku.edu/~hoopes/balls/
Stone Balls in Costa Rica
# posted by Katja R. @ 7:21 PM 
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I think that your theory about leverage devices and flattening devices are both logical possiblities. One site I included on modern stone balls shows a man using them to exercise. Small knobby ones could have been anchors, it would have been easy to put them in a small net and use them that way, or as counterweights in lifting stones for building.
The flight pattern of knobby stone balls might have made them easier to load into a siege engine of some sort but probably would have resulted in an erratic flight. The cup and ring marks have mystified people for centuries!
Another use might have been for grinding things.
I hope your sister can find use for those references.
I know quite a bit about Scottish archeology and the stone balls were new to me! So the research was fun.
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The flight pattern of knobby stone balls might have made them easier to load into a siege engine of some sort but probably would have resulted in an erratic flight. The cup and ring marks have mystified people for centuries!
Another use might have been for grinding things.
I hope your sister can find use for those references.
I know quite a bit about Scottish archeology and the stone balls were new to me! So the research was fun.
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