Posted on 10/04/2005 11:56:05 AM PDT by blam
Jewel of the Magdalenian period
A necklace and pendants made 15,500 years ago have been discovered in the Praile I cave; it is the most important Upper Paleolithic find in the Basque Country in recent years
Mikel Lizarralde DONOSTIA (San Sebastian)
A Magdalenian treasure of the Upper Paleolithic has lain hidden for the last 15,500 years in the Praile I cave in Deba (Gipuzkoa). Excavations done over the last few years by a team led by the archaeologist Xabier Peñalver of the Aranzadi Society of Sciences have uncovered spectacular jewellery. Four stunning necklaces of smooth black stone, another one of goats teeth and a 12-cm pendant made by Cro-Magnon man have been discovered in the cave. There are 29 items in all, each one made by hand and engraved.
The find in the Praile I cave is not only the most important in the Basque Country in recent years, but also one of the most significant ones in the European continent as far as the Upper Paleolithic period is concerned. The Praile I cave was discovered in 1983 by Mikel Sasieta and Juan Arruabarrena, members of the Munibe group of Azkoitia (Gipuzkoa), and is one of the Paleolithics most significant archeological clusters.
Don't need to. It's a known fact that humans have the most endurance of any of the other land animals.
If a human can stay on the track of a prey long enough, the prey will collapse of exhaustion before the human.
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There are actually cases of archaeologists using super glue to glue things on prehistoric animals to try and create a new find.
Mike Rivera -- is that you?
I believe it. It's just rare to find an article or book on human evolution which points that out or acknowledges how important that step was in our development history.
Most likely the date. Cro-Magnon Man is the common old school term for the modern humans (who were already in Europe decades earlier) after they started making advanced trinkets out of materials that indicate long distance trade.
Basque Bump
What if the human IS the prey - say bear vs you?
I'll bet on the bear, unless you carry a 12ga.
The bear would 'get-you' in the first quick dash.
If you could stay away from him long enough...you could wear him down too.
Bears are pretty cunning though.
LOL
And hungry!
Oh, and really big! (Kodiak brownies anyway)
Have fun
As shuckmaster already said above, the estimated date is the reason for attributing it to Neandertal. Neandertal used fabric I think, and passed down genes in any case. The problem of course is that the fossils which are Neandertal are so old, something like a necklace could have been misattributed, overlooked, or left behind beneath the dig.
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