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Dave L Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The bluestones are phase 3i. The Saracens > certainly postdate the bluestones, although they > seem to be moved at some point. > > The very fact these archaeologists have said the > date is 300 years later than thought indicates > that they are implying the older C14 data was > wrong. >by Doug Weller - Ancient History
Dave L Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is for the earliest of teh stone circles - > the bluestone one - 2,300 B.C. Yet "Stonehenge’s Phase 3ii can now be re-dated to 2580-2470 cal BC (95% probability; Sarsen Circle) and 2600-2400 cal BC (95% probability; Sarsen Trilithon)" - that phase is supposed to be after the Bluestones.by Doug Weller - Ancient History
Presuming this means 3 I, those dates seem after last years dates for 3 II from Pearson, Mike; Ros Cleal, Peter Marshall, Stuart Needham, Josh Pollard, Colin Richards, Clive Ruggles, Alison Sheridan, Julian Thomas, Chris Tilley, Kate Welham, Andrew Chamberlain, Carolyn Chenery, Jane Evans, Chris Knüsel, (September 2007). "The Age of Stonehenge". Antiquity 811 (313): 617–639. That'by Doug Weller - Ancient History
I can find sources saying it's an absolute dating method, others saying that it can't be used for absolute dating, and one saying it's a derivative dating method, neither absolute nor relative. I'm confused, can anyone help? Thanks.by Doug Weller - Laboratory
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Allan Shumaker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I admit that this one piece of evidence hardly > proves the case for pre-Viking contact, but it is > just another piece of the puzzle. > The Norse Sagas from Iceland mention that there > were non Norse people on some of the islands > around Iceland when the Norse arrived. Also there > isby Doug Weller - Ancient History
I don't guess you've read John Romer's book either? He doesn't think elaborate mathematics was used. Just a simple grid plan laid out 1:1, and he thinks there is evidence for it.by Doug Weller - Alternative Geometry and Numerology
Alton Towers without children? Why?by Doug Weller - Coffee Shop
Dave L Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Totally unevidenced. > > Why would Romer think he knows more than Petrie, > Edwards, Verner and other top Egyptologists? > > It may look like a must, but glossy covers doesn't > make good content. Totally unevidenced? You've read his chapter on the evidence then?by Doug Weller - Alternative Geometry and Numerology
John Romer suggests that they used the same method that had been used for earlier and later constructions, laying out parts of the plan on the ground at a 1 to 1 scale. He writes that "such a working diagram would also serve to generate the architecture of the pyramid with a precision unmatched by any other means." He devotes a chapter of his book to the physical evidence that there wasby Doug Weller - Alternative Geometry and Numerology
Why isn't this getting a mention?by Doug Weller - Alternative Geometry and Numerology
A great relief to hear that. I've been thinking of you ever since I heard Gustav was heading that way.by Doug Weller - Coffee Shop
Rick Baudé Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Roxanne haven't you learned by now? (He says being > as condescending as possible.) Because that's what > the "consensus" of learned opinion is on the > subject. Untrue, although I'd say it probably had some such function. See for instance - and are you making your statement aftby Doug Weller - Ancient History
You're welcome to some of our rain. :-) Seems to be doing the apple trees good though.by Doug Weller - Coffee Shop
I had a heated discussion with another editor on Wikipedia about the Greenman article, he said that the 'fact' that Greenman included all those criticisms of his article showed how objective he was!by Doug Weller - Ancient History
It's a self-published article and Peter Daniels disagrees with him pretty strongly (and if you know Peter Daniels, you'll know that's pretty strong). I think we have to wait to see if it gets published in a peer reviewed journal or gets reviewed in one. Peter is almost certainly more of an expert than Eisenberg in this field, who is neither a linguist or epigrapher. Mind you, Peterby Doug Weller - Ancient History
So, where can I read about the identical European Clovis points? And what is this about a 'land ice bridge'? Beringia wasn't an ice bridge is was a (IIRC) thousand mile wide land 'bridge'. I wonder how he deals with the 'related story': Gene Study Supports Single Main Migration Across Bering Strait (Nov. 28,2007) Ah, he's a Professor of Geography.by Doug Weller - Ancient History
cladking Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Doug Weller Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > You need, for instance, public buildings to > have a > > city. > > > I would argue that having public buildings is a > result of having a city rather than the other way. > It'by Doug Weller - Ancient Egypt
Cities aren't defined in archaeology by size, Çatalhöyük is considered a very large village (although one book calls it a Neolithic Town) see The report for the 2007 season says "As a large and long-occupied Neolithic agricultural village, Çatalhöyük offers great insight into food sharing." You need, for instance, public buildings to have a city.by Doug Weller - Ancient Egypt
Durant is coming from a different perspective to that of the archaeologists I have read. Let's also not confuse 'civilized' with 'civilization', as 'civilized' can have a lot of moral connotations that don't help an archaeological discussion. The archaeologist Bruce Trigger, in his book Early Civilizations, wrote "Early civilization, as anthropologiby Doug Weller - Ancient Egypt
Thanks for this.by Doug Weller - Ancient Egypt
I don't think you can call the 'beginnings of settled life' a civilization in any meaningful sense of the word.by Doug Weller - Ancient Egypt
What is this all about? Do any versions of Egyptian texts refer to this alleged civilization? Thanks "Plato traced his information through Solon, to the Egyptians, and as Solon did study in Egypt, it is possible that he was being factual in that regard. While in Egypt, it is impossible that Solon would not have encountered the "Book of the Dead" (as we call it today), as this wby Doug Weller - Ancient Egypt
Very very disappointing.by Doug Weller - Paper Lens
I'm looking for sources to fix the Wikipedia article, which just says "Zep Tepi is a supposed "Golden Age" in Egyptian mythology when the gods ruled the world, and when human kind acquired the initial elements of civilization." and then links to Thanksby Doug Weller - Ancient Egypt
Khazar-khum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's no way that I know of to date a carving. > All you have to go on is style. Here, they're > saying 'modern machinery' without bothering to > define what that means. Trace marks means little > to nothing if you can't identify what made the > marks. The Wikipedia arby Doug Weller - Ancient History
I'm after review articles in Volume 30, Number 3 / 2006 and Volume 23, Number 1 / 1999 which mention the Walam Olum. Thanks.by Doug Weller - Ancient History
Yes, I saw that. You can watch all the recent changes. I've just put 'Zaket 4th Hyksos ruler' up for deletion, where have names like that, Yoam and Khauserre come from?by Doug Weller - Coffee Shop
Dogs definitely eat old bits of wood, I can vouch for that.by Doug Weller - Ancient History