Ronald Wrote:
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> Hi Anthony,
>
>
> You wrote ; "Ergo, it would be illogical to assert
> that because they could build a temple that they
> MUST have built permanent residences. I think
> you've got the logic switched around here."
>
>
> I don't think I swithced logic. Observing the
> evolution of Homo sapiens sapiens, we can see how
> tremendous important worship and religion could
> be, hence how tremendous important it was to
> settle down in the close vicinity to be able not
> only to assure the continuity of the worship, but
> also to assure the maintenance of the sacred
> places.
You've placed a definite conclusion after a conditional preposition.
"It could be, therefore they must have...."
I don't think that's an argument I would accept at face value.
>
> You wrote ; "...considering we not only have no
> evidence of settled communities at this time (=
> 10000 BC) in Turkey... but anywhere in the world,
> to my recollection."
>
>
> But see Tommi in his link on Natufian settlements
> ; "After the last Ice Age, as the climate became
> warmer and rainfall more abundant, the formerly
> nomadic population of the eastern Mediterranean
> began to establish the first permanent
> settlements. The site of Eynan/Ain Mallaha,
> situated between the hills of Galilee and Lake
> Hula in the Levant, was inhabited from 10,000 to
> 8200 B.C. during the Natufian period."
>
>
> If you look at this map ;
> GöbekliTepe
>
> you can observe that the Natufian settlement of
> Eynan/Ain Mallaha, aged between 10,000 to 8200
> B.C., is situated in the same region (the Levant)
> as the site of Gobekli Tepe-temple (also 10000
> BC).
>
>
No doubt about it. I misspoke. But they weren't agrarian... they were fishermen.
> One thing is for sure, the cradle of humanity is
> situated in the Levant, Central Anatolia and
> Mesopotamia, not in the Adriatic Sea-region and
> Bosnia .....
>
or Mu or Atlantis... or Mars. lol
Anthony
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.
