Posted on 02/03/2008 4:35:17 PM PST by blam
GGG Ping.
Don't tell me the aboriginals lied to us to keep us from their 'sacred sites'? That's shocking!
This is a great example of why solid archaeological research should be taken into account in the planning processes for future emergencies.
And what about the geologists, don't they get a bite at the cherry?
Archaeology is a vital discipline for understanding the environmental and climate-change risks we face in Australia, as it shows how the continents' earlier inhabitants dealt with sudden and long-term changes to their environment.
They were nomadic. They moved around a huge landscape. And besides, haven't you just proven there were no long-term changes they had to worry about?
The conference will also hear how early agriculture was sustained in drying landscapes.
How early? There was no agriculture on this continent until settlement just a few hundred years ago. All the 'evidence' you need can be found in government records and newspaper archives.
(I'm a bit cranky today.)
earthweb.ess.washington.edu/.../downloads/report%20drafts/DRAFT%20-%20Impact%20Tsunamis%20-%20Abbott.doc
Not just Australia, but Madagascar is implicated in megatsunamis.
Most papers point to the undersea Burckle crater in the Indian Ocean. The other side of Australia may have been “waved” by the Mahuika crater.
Burckle may have come down as recently as 4500- 6000 years ago, right at the edge of recorded history.
One more reference.
I’ve seen disciplines justify their exalted positions before, but this one is a gem. Definitely must keep for future reference. So a bunch of ideologically-driven academics preempt five hundred years of physical science? Are we now supposed to worship at the shrine of Margaret Mead and beg her intercede with the nature gods? Beautiful stuff, thanks for posting.
Recently a landform called a chevron was noted on a Landsat 7 image of Madagascar. These chevrons may have been formed by a mega-tsunami produced 4,800 years ago by a meteorite or comet impact with the Indian Ocean.
Wow! This is cool, thanks! I’ve been looking for something like this.
Oooh shiny!
A thanks from those of us who have no idea what a meter is.
Shell middens deposited by humans typically contain shells of a very few selected (human food) species. Geophysical (tsunami) deposits generally contain a very wide -- and mixed -- assortment of shells of diverse species.
Any archaeologist worth hiring should be able to tell the difference between a midden and a geophysical deposit.
And no human (certainly no aboriginal) activity of which I am aware can create massive "chevron" landforms.
Methinks some Aussie Archies are thinking more highly of themselves than is warranted...
I'm in agreement with your line of thinking.
Shouldn't be that difficult.
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What?
Why is Oz exempt from whatever hits the rest of the world?
*she asks, demurely*
I think it was near the four corners in Colorado that their is “Black Ridge” or something that has a thick deposit of black obsidian all along the top. Nearest outcrop for the stuff is hundreds of miles away. Seems the indians sat on this ridge making flint arrows and spears while waiting for the buffalo to appear.
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