Posted on 01/16/2013 7:38:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv
An ancient floor which has not seen the light of day for 10,000 years has been uncovered at the Ayia Varvara-Asprokremmos site, the antiquities department said yesterday.
The department said new finds during the latest excavations had redefined the understanding of the kind of human occupation that existed at the Neolithic site in the Nicosia district, which has been radio-carbon dated to between c. 8,800-8,600 BC...
The presence of buried artefacts (usable, but abandoned) and evidence of erosional episodes indicated the punctuated character of the structure’s occupation, while the nature of the artefacts demonstrated the domestic character of the building, it added.
Constructional features illustrated the significant degree of investment given to the building, including the deeply dished form of the building dug into bedrock and a 10-15 cm thick wall lining.
The department said the latter exhibited significant evidence of burning and was likely constructed of an organic super-structure of branches cemented in place by mud plaster.
It said the finds suggested a decline in the investment applied to the construction of shelters utilised at the site, and a shift towards a more temporary architectural form during later phases of occupation. A large carefully engraved teardrop-shaped picrolite pendant, representing a more developed form of ornament than those recovered previously, was also recovered.
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Is that a real word? I know what you mean, but if you just coined a term of art... it needs to be noticed.
/johnny
Don’t encourage people to post pictures, we’ll end up with Helen Thomas.
What better place to be noticed than FR? :’)
But who am I gonna tell? The kids? "Dad, TMI". ;)
/johnny
The truth is, I’m pretty sure I didn’t coin it, let’s see...
https://www.google.com/search?q=paleoporn
Nope, lotta hits.
for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tILb5lbO8jM
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