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Researcher Leads Underwater Archeological Expedition In Gulf of Mexico in Search of First Americans (Office of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin) |
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This may sound like a dumb question, but ... the article says they hope to find the spring. If it is under water, unless they know where it is, how do they know it was there ... or, anywhere?
Impossible. There were no American SUVs, American central heating and air conditioning.. were there?
It is interesting to hear about Dr Adovasio working so far away from home. I live in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania which is very near to the scene of his most famous discoveries. Adovasio is responsible for proving that ancient Native Americans inhabited this continent much earlier in pre-history than was previously believed by the so-called “Clovis First” archeological establishment. At first, back in the 1970’s when he began to suggest that, based on his research at the Meadowcroft Archeological site in southwestern Pennsylvania, humans had existed in North america as early as 16000 years ago and even earlier the “experts” ridiculed him. It was a long-running controversy.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/northamerica/meadowcroft.html
Some Native Americans have laid to rest the long-running antagonism that we naturaly have toward archeologists and their grave-robbing ways, to appreciate the contribution that Dr. Adovasio has made toward proving what we have been saying all along; NATIVE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN HERE A LOT LONGER THAN NON-NATIVES USED TO GIVE US CREDIT FOR!
On June 17 we here in western Pennsylvania experienced quite an unlikely scenario. We witnessed the amiable meeting of a contingent of radical American Indian Movement activists and an archeologist. The LONGEST WALK II prayer and protest demonstration made their way all the way from San Francisco California to Pittsburgh on their way to Washington DC to drive home their message of concern for the environment and places in the US that Native Americans consider sacred sites. while here in Pttsburgh, I, as local liason for the WALK, scheduled a visit by the WALK participants to near-by Meadowcroft Rock Shelter so that we could honor the Ice Age ancestors who made their home there thousands of years ago. Finding out about the visit, Dr. Adovasio made a special trip down from Erie, PA to be here for the visit and to give the activists a guided tour of the archeological site. I have to admit that I was a bit nervous on the days approaching the encounter because I know how beligerant my fellow Native brothers and sisters can be at the sight of an archeologist, but the fact is that in many ways this man was kind of on our side, and it meant a lot to us that the Meadowcroft site contains no human remains and he is is not a typical grave-robber. Please check my blog for further details about the visit of the LONGEST WALK II activists at Meadowcroft Rock Shelter
http://360.yahoo.com/blog-BEdV93gidKSrgf2tQ3TAb79tGOpjGA—
