The Hokes Archives

January 31, 2003 7:13 AM

In these troubled times, we would all do well to remember the lesson of the Apasht. But you'll have a hard time finding this vanished Neolithic culture in any mainstream anthropology textbook. That's why these archives are such an invaluable resource.
posted by staggernation (8 comments total)

I'm not sure what you mean: "in these troubled times, we could all do well to remember the lesson of the Apasht." To which lesson are you referring?

The linked page doesn't contain much.

Is this the lesson?: The Apasht believed that all humanity originated from the hermaphrodite.

Is this the lesson?: The sacred mushroom, considered by mycologists to be the extremely hallucinogenic and potentially fatal anamita muscaria, appears to have been grown in the codex mounds and ritually consumed.

I'm confused as to the point here...
posted by jdroth at 7:24 AM on January 31, 2003

Jdroth perhaps this link from the archives will make it all a little clearer. Or the second paragraph on this page.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 7:33 AM on January 31, 2003

Or just try saying "Hokes Archives" out loud.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 7:33 AM on January 31, 2003

D'oh!

Color me gullible. [hides head in sand...]
posted by jdroth at 7:40 AM on January 31, 2003

In a vaguely similar vein to the Hokes archives is David Wilson's Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, as described in Lawrence Weschler's book Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder.
posted by misteraitch at 7:41 AM on January 31, 2003

It looks like staggernatiuon is drawing interest to Hokes, a 19th C British "Indiana Jones" who first found and documented some ancient oriental cultures.

However, for someone out to prove the existence of centaurs I can think of no less fortunate name than "Hoax" (err.. Hokes).
posted by stbalbach at 7:42 AM on January 31, 2003

misteraitch, I too thought immediately of the MJT.

Words to live by:
"Art can play a vital role in the academy, even in situations when you speak with your tongue in your cheek."
posted by languagehat at 8:54 AM on January 31, 2003

why do I keep reading this as "lesson of the Apeshit"?
posted by Vidiot at 6:18 AM on February 1, 2003