Posted on 07/18/2007 11:22:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists in Cyprus have discovered what they believe could be the oldest evidence yet that organized groups of ancient mariners were plying the east Mediterranean, possibly as far back as 14,000 years ago... about 30 miles away from the closest land mass, may have been gradually populated about that time, and up to 2,000 years earlier than previously thought... The discovery at a coastal site on the island's northwest has revealed chipped tools submerged in the sea and made with local stone which could be the earliest trace yet of human activity in Cyprus. U.S. and Cypriot archaeologists conducting the research have known since 2004 that Cyprus was used by small groups of voyagers on hunting expeditions for pygmy elephants... Flourentzos and Davis said the new find told archaeologists nomads knew the island well enough to find tool material, suggesting they were repeat visitors. Archaeologists say the first human settlements in Cyprus date from 10,000 BC and are located inland. Logically, the coastal settlements should be older, and in Aspros dig case where a good deal of it is now in the sea, possibly up to 2,000 years older... "This was not a case of one guy, or a family blown off course. This is a number of persons coming to Cyprus, these were conscious, repeated visits," Davis said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
KhirokitiaThe Neolithic preceramic period is represented by the settlement of Khirokitia and about 20 other similar settlements, spread throughout Cyprus... The settlement of Khirokitia is situated on the slope of a hill in the valley of the Maroni River towards the southern coast of the island about 6 km from the sea. It is a closed village, cut off from the outside world, apart from by the river, by a strong wall of stones 2.5 m thick and 3 m at its highest preserved level. Access into the village was probably via several entry points through the wall. The buildings within this wall consist of round structures huddled close together. The lower parts of these buildings are often of stone and attain massive proportions by constant additions of further skins of stones. Their external diameter varies between 2.3 m and 9.20 m while the internal diameter is only between 1.4 m and 4.80 m. A collapsed flat roof of one building found recently indicates that not all roofs were dome shaped as was originally believed... The population of the village at any one time is thought not to have exceeded 300 to 600 inhabitants... The village of Khirokitia was suddenly abandoned for reasons unknown at around 6000 BC and it seems that the island remained uninhabited for about 1.500 years until the next recorded entity, the Sotira group.
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The earliest Club Med?...
“small groups of voyagers on hunting expeditions for pygmy elephants”
Today small groups of constituents voyage to Washington where they find pigmy elephants roaming the republican caucus.
So, will this explain the cannabis in the Egyptian tombs?
:)
;’)
Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
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Posted on 03/25/2005 11:28:56 PM EST by SunkenCiv
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Actually my last post was meant for you, I just realised I clicked the wrong reply button!
Oh, well, I missed that, thought it was for me. ;’)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1867914/posts?page=6#6
Pot will do that to you.
Indeed.
The considered conclusion that I have reached is that Archeologists never sail boats. Sailors sail. That is who they are, that is what they do.
BUMP!
Interesting~!
Barnacle Bill and Popeye sure got around...
I hope you get to visit Khirokitia one day. Quite place. One feels very spiritual and connected to the ancestors.
Not hard to pick out among the many Jackasses, with whom they form symbiotic relationships.
Best laugh of the day.
Europe pinglist ping.
All of this is confusing. First the sea level was allegedly 500 feet lower 6000+ years ago. So how did this port stay at sea level?
The “H” Channel had a program on the other day to trace the Garden Of Eden. Who knows if the alleged site is actual, but the data are contradictory to this matter as well. The “H” found the four possible Biblical rivers near the Persian Gulf and postulated that there was a major flooding 6000 years ago - at least that ties into some of the 6000 year old occurrences in this article.
The sealevel rose before 6000 years ago, but there appear to be other parts of the settlement which are submerged right now.
It has been suggested that Catal Huyuk in modern day Turkey, which was abandoned over 7000 years ago after about 3000 years of occupation, was founded by members of a culture which used to live on what is now the continental shelf.
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