Archaeology/Anthropology Forum

Food for much thought

feeds@yuku.com (spoons) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:51:05 GMT

Ran across an article on copper mining in the Upper Michigan / Wisconsin areas that took place 2000 to 6000 BC or even before.There are some of these pieces here in the local Dickson Mounds Museum. It strikes me funny that if it were locals that did the work why and how did they end up with what appear to be very accurate right angles on three sides of the celt? Also upon Go ogling it one site shows some tools found they are a far cry from any thing made of stone, more like the bronze from...

South America: Indians used gourds in rafts, and boat building

feeds@yuku.com (BenjaminEble) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:25:41 GMT

In doing some research through Google Books, I have found that the Indians of South America - especially Peru - took advantage of the buoyant property of gourds, and employed them in boat building. There are several accounts of the indians using cargo rafts made of gourds which were used to move things across rivers. The raft was not large. And, a team of indian swimmers would pull the gourd raft in the water, in order to carry the cargo. Also, there is an account of boats which were...

Haplogroup M found in ancient Holocene Native Americans

feeds@yuku.com (BenjaminEble) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:27:36 GMT

http://mathildasanthropologyblog.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/mitochondrial-haplogroup-m-discovered-in-prehistoric-north-americans/

First Americans - bottle gourd watercraft construction: raft vs catamaran

feeds@yuku.com (BenjaminEble) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:08:31 GMT

After giving it some thought, it seems to me that a catamaran constructed from a bamboo frame, and sacks of hollow bottle gourds, might work better than a raft. It could be much larger, resistant to tipping over, while able to carry a great deal of weight. So far, from what I have seen, the soda bottle rafts can move along at two to three knots. Probably, this low speed is due to drag. On the other hand, if one were to contruct three individual hulls from bamboo, and fill them with...

First Americans - Bottle Gourd Rafts

feeds@yuku.com (BenjaminEble) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:40:22 GMT

Something has come to mind which I have not heard anyone suggest so far. Did the First Americans enter the Americas on rafts that contained bottle gourds as flotation components. I have not heard anyone put this theory out, yet. But, the reason that this came to mind is because there are signs that Old World bottle gourds were introduced at a very early date, in both North and South America. I think that the oldest known bottle gourd, recovered in the Americas, was from a cave site in...

Ancient Mayans had toilets, fountains, and controlled water pressure

feeds@yuku.com (BenjaminEble) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:49:23 GMT

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/strange/article_212275376.shtml

http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_ancient-mayans-may-have-used-fountains-and-toilets_1327674

PHOTOS: MAYAN ARTIFACTS MUSEUM VALLADOLID, YUCATAN

feeds@yuku.com (BenjaminEble) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:44:48 GMT

Clovis - Tilghman Island - discovery - Photos

feeds@yuku.com (BenjaminEble) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:22:43 GMT

Student's Discovery Could Help Rewrite Prehistory

http://www.geneticarchaeology.com/research/Students_Discovery_Could_Help_Rewrite_Prehistory.asp

Clovis - The Arc Site - excellent photos

feeds@yuku.com (BenjaminEble) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:24:11 GMT

http://sracenter.blogspot.com/2008/07/arc-site.html

Fish, crabs & fire @750KYA

feeds@yuku.com (Charlie Hatchett) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:04:31 GMT

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/326/5960/1677

"...Gesher Benot Ya'aqov is located on the shores of the paleo-Lake Hula in the northern Jordan Valley in the Dead Sea Rift (7). The Early to Middle Pleistocene sediments document an oscillating freshwater lake and represent some 100,000 years of hominin occupation (Oxygen Isotope Stages 18-20) dating...

a post on a site I dug with real pictures of real artifacts

feeds@yuku.com (jcinpc) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:23:50 GMT

This is about a site that my buddy and I found that has since been destoyed by construction. This was an Archaic site.What makes this rarer site so cool is the preservation of butchered animal bones we found. In Florida our soils are very acidic so its not common to find a site like this. This site is 1 of 3 I have found and given to my arch friends firm to research. Fortunatly this site had a powerline running through it so they were able to do a survey on the right of way.

The...

Did the Indians Abrade or Not?

feeds@yuku.com (FlintknapperJimmy) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:13:08 GMT

Hi everyone, I'm looking for people who are interested in primitive flintknapping to give their thoughts as to the possibility that the Native Americans in general may not have abraded their platforms. Have any of you found evidence in support of this theory or against it? There are two threads in the flintknapping discussion area. One is titled: Flint Knapping Fundamentals video Non-Abraded Platform Theory and the other is: Pressure Flaking Edge Preparation Discussion

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Photos: Submerged city found in Caribbean

feeds@yuku.com (BenjaminEble) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:48:35 GMT

http://www.heralddeparis.com/previously-undiscovered-ancient-city-found-on-caribbean-sea-floor/65855

Genetic studies show modern humans on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 21,000 years ago

feeds@yuku.com (Charlie Hatchett) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:19:09 GMT

KUNMING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have found through genetic studies that modern humans had successfully colonized the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the Late Paleolithic Age, at least 21,000 years ago.

http://news.xinhuanet.com.../14/content_12645443.htm

French find puts humans in Europe 200,000 years earlier

feeds@yuku.com (Charlie Hatchett) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:08:17 GMT

http://www.physorg.com/news180110953.html

Mapping Human Genetic Diversity in Asia

feeds@yuku.com (Charlie Hatchett) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:52:22 GMT

"…Our results show that genetic ancestry is strongly correlated with linguistic affiliations as well as geography.
Most populations show relatedness within ethnic/linguistic groups, despite prevalent gene flow among populations…"

Emphasis added.

"…More than 90% of East Asian (EA) haplotypes could be found in either Southeast Asian (SEA) or Central-South Asian (CSA) populations and show...

Photo: Freshly spalled Colha chert

feeds@yuku.com (BenjaminEble) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:29:05 GMT

New World dogs - at least five founding lineages

feeds@yuku.com (BenjaminEble) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:34:45 GMT

www.club.cc.cmu.edu/~dmv/dog3.pdf

Opalish Clovis point - Mexico

feeds@yuku.com (BenjaminEble) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:20:43 GMT

http://www.ultra.com.mx/ultra2/index.php/estados/df/21115-descubren-en-mexico-sitio-de-la-mas-antigua-cultura-en-america.html

Stratigraphy and Geochronology of the Vernor Mammoth Site

feeds@yuku.com (Charlie Hatchett) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:47:29 GMT

"…ancient meander belt of the Brazos River, known today as Oyster Creek…"

"…Organics associated with the wooden bowl were radiocarbon dated to 4205 + 30 yr B.P…"

"…sand grains associated with the remains of the mammoth were dated using the luminescence technique to 66,000 + 7000 yr B.P. (UIC1383). According to these dates and their positions in the stratigraphic record, it was established that the mammoth and other Pleistocene age fauna preceded...