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- captainbethany, on 12/29/2008, -1/+54It seems logical to create large jars to gather rain along trade routes, so that travelers could easily replenish their water supply. Early rain barrels?
- captainbethany, on 12/29/2008, -0/+34well, let's just hope that both of us aren't right.
- RoroCo, on 12/29/2008, -1/+27This water tastes like *****.
- RoroCo, on 12/29/2008, -0/+23Communal outhouse? They look quite comfortable.
- runpete, on 12/30/2008, -4/+222 giants, 1 jar
- goob, on 12/30/2008, -0/+11Bunch of theories as to what they could be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_of_Jars
I remember seeing these for the first time on No Reservations. The tour guide with Bourdain said he had no idea what the heck they were IIRC. He did mention that'd they'd found some bodily remains, but that they'd only been discovered in a very small percentage of them. - thegrantman, on 12/30/2008, -0/+9@JDzsc:
The people who made the stones were not the ones who filled them with Buddhas.
If those were the original Buddhas:
-They would have been stolen by now.
-They wouldn't look like cheap souvenirs.
The locals probably sell these Buddhas to tourists and tell them they'll have good luck if they put them in the stones. - redwire, on 12/30/2008, -0/+8There is basically 2 theories:
1: Water: They were used by caravan travelers for collecting monsoon rainwater. It was pretty common practice in eastern Eurasia to capture as much rainwater as possible while you could. and it was just as common to boil it to it once it became stagnant so it could be made usable again.
2. Burial: Near one of the largest sites there is a natural cave with multiple chimneys (naturally formed) that seems to have been occupied possibly by those that made the jars and in those chimneys is signs of smoke regularly passing through them, there is also signs of human remains from various periods. The theory here is the cave was used to cremate the dead and then the remains were placed in the jars.
I side with the first theory as the 2nd doesn't convince me when there's jars of up to 6 tons floating about, but make up your own mind :) - carl25, on 12/30/2008, -1/+9probably built it just to ***** with people, and it's working
- mecharabbit, on 12/30/2008, -1/+8Nice jugs.
- clokwise, on 12/30/2008, -1/+8I've been there, it's a pretty strange site. I crawled inside one of the jars and found an old Coca Cola can. Therefore I concluded that these jars were used by the ancients to prepare their own soft drinks long before we invented them in the west. We still have a lot to learn from our ancestors!!!
- Emused, on 12/30/2008, -0/+5Oh, bother! They've found my stash.
- AManWithNoName, on 12/30/2008, -0/+5Here's my theory: Bored, insane sculptor.
- 4rp4n3t, on 12/30/2008, -0/+4It's a 'Reply' button.
- bassman12593, on 12/30/2008, -0/+4Reminds me of the perfectly round stone spheres in Costa Rica.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_spheres_of_Cost ... - hulez, on 12/30/2008, -0/+3How about a firepot! An ancient form of a barbeque. even ancient stonemen need a place to eat and a way to gater and keep warm.
the stone would heat up and generate warmth and the interior would protect fire while creating the perfect barbeque. just put sausages on a stick and place on top of the roaring stone!!! - ZeeZee2k, on 12/30/2008, -0/+3One of the signs says "Outhouse" in Lao, and "fresh water" in English....
- SpitTheTruth, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2With all the stale water those things will have sitting in them, the look like the perfect breeding spots for mosquitoes. Mmm, malaria.
- RobbleRobble, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2I think it's a shiny backpack. Looks like the edges of a zipper flap around the outside with an ovular company label in the upper middle. No?
- AManWithNoName, on 12/30/2008, -2/+4What on earth is that thing in the bottom left hand corner of this picture?
http://lh6.google.ca/abramsv/R6k9Ke9HsSI/AAAAAAAAG ...
Whatever it is, it freaks me out. - jeexbit, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2That was a pretty poignant episode.... Can't wait for the new season to begin!
- bigfreakinlion, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2Looks like a backpack to me.
KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!!!!! - AikoMiko, on 12/30/2008, -2/+4Capped and filled with Bhuddas suggests to me that they may have also been used to store and transfer items along the trade route. Also like the Cap'n said water and provisions.
- cawfee, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2http://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/R6k9Ke9HsSI/AAAAAAAAG ...
It's a backpack. - oeyvind, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2Laos is a nice country... some pix from there back in 2007:
http://www.pbase.com/oeyvind/laos07 - iamyak, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2A landlocked country in southeast Asia.
- AnotherBrian, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2They would not have made good fire pots as the lack of a bottom vent hole would put out any large fire. That would, however, make them good for long-smoldering smoke pots to mark a trade route. Although my guess is rain barrels for travelers.
- CivicTV, on 08/14/2009, -0/+2You were predicting your future right?
- jeexbit, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2Obviously it is an alien shrunken head....
- microview2007, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2Thanks for sharing. :)
- microview2007, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2Its that dam clam-shell/blister packaging for the Buddha's.
- Hoogie7Dowser, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2http://wikimapia.org/#lat=19.4307186&lon=103.1 ...
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=19.3200634&lon=103.1 ...
More jars and more bomb craters - SilverBack101, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2It's a Baby Jar.
- edebolt, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2nice photos!!!
- uptwolait, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2That's where the aliens flew over and tossed out their empty beer jars.
- rdldr1, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2That's where they store and ferment kimchi.
Oh wait, that's Korea. - KISSOLOGY, on 02/16/2009, -0/+2Has anybody else been reading it as PALIN all day long?
- CivicTV, on 08/14/2009, -1/+2None of these jars were placed there by people. They were stones that were already there that had been carved into jars. This is what I believe from looking at the pictures. Lots of them already have stones around them that are also not carved into jars.
- crazihouse, on 12/31/2008, -0/+1Eww..ewww.....EWWW
- flyingsquirle, on 12/30/2008, -1/+2I have a theory...
What if they were used to launch primitive and basic mortar type bombs by Laotians and Vietnamese to attack either Americans or Vietnamese, whichever they were trying to stay away from. They were just place in strategic positions and horses were used to move them left or right?
/stoner moment :D - PotentPotables, on 12/30/2008, -1/+2They're toilets.
- sammysnoo, on 01/02/2009, -0/+1I don't have a theory but I do think they are absolutely intriguing!
- YumYumTruck, on 12/30/2008, -0/+1well of course its a crapper! thats what I had in my house, ain't no mystery to it!
- JDzsc, on 12/30/2008, -2/+2Well, they also filled the stones with Buddhas(logically), so i don't think they drank from them. Early action-figure collection sets?
- ZigVicious, on 12/30/2008, -2/+2This ***** tastes like water.
- inactive, on 12/30/2008, -2/+1gah... beat me to it
- snaglepuss, on 12/30/2008, -5/+3It's a knapsack.
- Redxd, on 12/30/2008, -5/+2Looks like our new jar-shaped overlords are ***** bhudda statues.
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