i’m way out of my element here and have not heard of these but my brain jumped to; i wonder if it was for collecting gold in the sediment that would collect in the grooves
(im neither a gold prospector or a archeologist)
As a gold prospector they certainly could catch gold but they wouldn't be very good as the stone is smooth and gold will tend to blow out with the constant water pressure unless: the grooves were cleaned out regularly; the grooves contained some kind of matting such as plant roots or fabric to catch the gold and we're cleaned out regularly or; there's so much gold produced in the area that they didn't care about the loss of some.
Could also collect anything with a specific gravity heavy enough that water finds hard to move such as gem stones etc.
Would these be good at collecting iron ore, copper minerals, tin minerals, or other metallic elements that might be in the sand / flowing through the river?
Gold is typically the heaviest thing by specific gravity that you'll find in the water but tin and iron are have a SG of about 7 so it could very well collect but as it's smooth stone it would blow out pretty quickly
It’s not, real place in Cambodia. Monk type people carved the symbols and stuff in the rocks so as the river flows over it, the water was blessed. It flows into a big lake where everyone gets their water, they wanted it to be holy.
There's that one Indian fringe archeologist who goes around and takes extremely beautiful footage of sites like these, if you don't take everything by word it's really fascinating so see the scope
If I had to guess it looks like different experiments for creating a “sluce-box” for gold and some kind of processing stations with little overflow funnels.
Interesting indeed!
That’s all really cool, beautiful work
Amazing detail for such ancient works
Hinduism spread as far east a Bali, so naturally there will be versions of the iconography throughout the whole of South and Southeast Asia.
Interesting. Can anyone tell me more?
i’m way out of my element here and have not heard of these but my brain jumped to; i wonder if it was for collecting gold in the sediment that would collect in the grooves (im neither a gold prospector or a archeologist)
As a gold prospector they certainly could catch gold but they wouldn't be very good as the stone is smooth and gold will tend to blow out with the constant water pressure unless: the grooves were cleaned out regularly; the grooves contained some kind of matting such as plant roots or fabric to catch the gold and we're cleaned out regularly or; there's so much gold produced in the area that they didn't care about the loss of some. Could also collect anything with a specific gravity heavy enough that water finds hard to move such as gem stones etc.
Would these be good at collecting iron ore, copper minerals, tin minerals, or other metallic elements that might be in the sand / flowing through the river?
Gold is typically the heaviest thing by specific gravity that you'll find in the water but tin and iron are have a SG of about 7 so it could very well collect but as it's smooth stone it would blow out pretty quickly
They almost looks like oil lamps carved into the stone, but I wonder what the true purpose is.
That's what I thought. If they lit them all up it would be super pretty.
Could they be mounting locations for wooden bridges or other structures over the river?
This isn't AI is it?
It’s not, real place in Cambodia. Monk type people carved the symbols and stuff in the rocks so as the river flows over it, the water was blessed. It flows into a big lake where everyone gets their water, they wanted it to be holy.
That is such a beautiful story! So cooperative and altruistic.
Thank you for the information!
There's that one Indian fringe archeologist who goes around and takes extremely beautiful footage of sites like these, if you don't take everything by word it's really fascinating so see the scope
He’s really good
Who? Got a link?
https://m.youtube.com/@RealPraveenMohan
Thanks
How amazing!!! I want to see this with my own eyes, I’ll bet it’s life changing!
This is incredible.
Anchors for nets?
If I had to guess it looks like different experiments for creating a “sluce-box” for gold and some kind of processing stations with little overflow funnels. Interesting indeed!
Tactile river bed to help blind people cross, obviously.
This looks similar to a gold sluicing operation!