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Tribal Dynamics 1987-1990
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                      Tribal Dynamics developed from the Megalithic Series (the last six thumnails above) with its references to the
                  neolithic alignments of stones found in western Europe. In these works, Simpson attempted to combine his
                  research on these early European cultures with the rituals and mythology associated with Amerinidian cultures such
                  as the Maya, Aztec and Olmecs.
 

                      
In these works Simpson used a kind of "ritual abstraction" to speculate on possible contact between these two
                  trans-Atlantic cultures in pre-history, notions given some credibility by the recent discovery of what appeared to be
                  Phonecian inscriptions in Peru. The books of Prof. Barry Fell of Harvard University also document many interesting
                 discoveries which led him to the conclusion that there had been such contacts.
 

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