Religion
In reply to the discussion: Religious Symbolism in the Islamic Prayer Rug [View all]Bretton Garcia
(970 posts)Pictures of corn tell us we have say, a partly agricultural culture, that centers partly around specifically, corn, or maize.
Often we can find similar things, gods, in "different" cultures. Which suggests a link between them.
The fact that we have rugs in two cultures, tells us a bit about their in-common technology, too.
Even the type of threads, knots, can tell us a lot.
If many American Indians are thought to have come from Asia, over the Bering Strait, then any in-common things between American Indians and Asians, could be significant. DNA links could confirm a relationship as well.
By the way? In a few recent posters to DU, I've noticed some interests in common to the new "Alternative Right" movement of Breitbart, and Steve Bannon. Typically, characteristically, the mostly anti-liberal, undemocratic "Alt Right" will borrow some liberal leftist ideas, to try to make their radically conservative Republican ideas, look palatable to Democrats. In DU, we occasionally see a few figures that try to weaken or seduce left-leaning atheist democrats. By noting that normally repressive, authoritarian, evangelical Republican churches, at times favor some liberal issues. Like equal rights.