Posted on 03/20/2011 6:22:57 PM PDT by decimon
An experiment has shed light on how Iron Age people communicated from their hilltop homes 2,500 years ago.
About 200 volunteers stood on the summit of 10 hillforts in north Wales, the Wirral and Cheshire, and signalled to each other with torches.
Their aim was to learn if communities used the summits to warn each other.
"It was a success," said archaeologist Erin Robinson. "It captured the public's imagination and we made extra links we did not think were possible."
Saturday night's Hilltop Glow event was rescheduled after December's severe weather.
The ancient sites used were on the Clwydian Range; Halkyn Mountain, near Holywell, Flintshire; a lowland site at Wirral; and the Sandstone Ridge, Cheshire.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
"Hey, did you hear the latest about Charlie Sheen?"
Messages had to simple and most likely warnings about territorial intruders?
I don’t think they would have had anything for “Don’t eat the fish”.
” what was the message they sent over the network?”
Send more cheese!
‘MY HAND IS ON FIRE! WHAT A STUPID WAY TO CUMMUN...COMMONIC...TALK!”
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a 747 full of tape reels. Latency on the order of 1.4e6 ms, though.
/johnny
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Yet in AZ similar communication methods were used. Mirrors and flags went from quite a few locations. Picket Post Mountain near Superior was so named as one of the locations. I don’t know many others except Pinal Mountain at the head of Dripping Springs Wash. Fort Apache, near White River was a receiving location as well.
I also presume Signal Hill in our Tucson area was used for similar purposes.
I was just pointing out that the typical 50+ mile visibility we have here is better than that in North Wales....:^)
Yep. Growing up in Superior I was always interested in the ruins of old towns and roads in the area. Living in western Oregon now, I quite doubt such a comunication system would work given the fog and rain that we have daily. I’d imagine our weather is a lot like Wales. We miss the Arizona climate.
“That blond chick Maeve in Kellsburrow puts out.”
well that’s not news...
She’s running a 2 for 1 special this week.
BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE
dang. I’m always getting the important stuff late
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