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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Dantooine: Fishing Platform

1048 3623, elevation 0. A Kunga fishing platform. This structure seems to be one of a kind.

The platform is built on stilts directly in the water. It is large enough for two thatched huts to be built upon it, support the weight of a whetstone, a tanned hide, a fishrack and four Kunga hunters.

The choice of a thatched huts may, in this case, be explained with the precarious architecture, leaving little room for limestone buildings.

Of note, this fishing platform is used by "hunters", thus indicating the Kungas - and perhaps the Dantari at large - have no social function related to fishing. This appears as an interesting social biais given the oft observed fish dietary use of the Dantari.

Dantooine: Platform (III)

992 2410, elevation 15. A Janta funerary platform overlooking a lake. Three Janta scouts remain nearby.

The platform is decorated with limestones at the base of the stilts, suggesting perhaps the resting place of a Rockshaper. In addition, two torches are placed alongside the platform. Among the votive offerings, two tanned hides are on the platform and there is no weapon rack. The platform is also decorated with a thune skull and a bol skull. The corpse is placed on a mat.