Rick Baudé Wrote:
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> Yes the tusk issue trumped everything else for a
> simple reason, there's only one possible
> explanation for it; > a human shoved it in the
> ground.
That's probably what Sir Isaac Newton thought about gravity also. Or geologists before Alfred Wegener...on and on.
> So rather than
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In principle I agree completely with Sharon's pointing out various problems within the Oregonian article, and others, and her insistence on using the scientific method to investigate other possibilities. However, she admitted not really having the time to do a complete investigation of the matter. This left her article with numerous errors, thus duplicating the very thing she was trying to
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Fear not, I'm not done with Sharon quite yet.
Also, since a number of my original questions were by-passed (the tusk issue seemed to be determined by some to trump everything else), which was never made quite clear why, I've decided to post the reply elsewhere.
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Thanks Paul, spot on...more questions and few answers in article below.
August 17, 2019 10:13AM
LO wrote: "They didn't mention anyone trying to turn over any of the carcasses with a large forklift
which they could easily have done."
Update/correction: By reading Allan's link in the Oregonian, plus sifting through even more media articles
I found this one:
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Lee Olsen Wrote:
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> Thanks Allan, best report so far.
As the media reports keep dribbling in....
The press just won't let a good source die.
Maybe they didn't see this:
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Thanks for the heads-up catch on the SAA issue.
Another related source:
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AWSX Wrote:
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> A 5' 6" deep doesn't seem deep enough to trap a
> mammoth.
According to this (page 212)
10 or more feet deep was required plus a log to step over. But this is for elephants, no guarantee 10 foot would be needed for the depth of a mammoth trap. The other dimension (diameter) is roughly the same
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> Researchers at outdoor “body farms” look to
> microbes of human decay to help identify corpses
> and pinpoint time of death.
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That's great. Sounds like it might work here also:
And if not, how about planting an artificial chip under the skin, sort of like those for finding lost dogs:
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"without Fell's work there would be no ogham problem to perplex us"
That still isn't evidence, it's just giving some academics with too little to do with something to do.
There are iron tools with Native American wood handles shown in that article, they took to iron like a duck takes to water. So the Mayans were utilizing the Phoenician's math, but had no in
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> Fell doesn't
> strike me as having been a kook.
Not a kook, but an illiterate in the field of the peopling of the Americas working far outside his field of expertise (zoology). and possibly worse: "They further accused Fell of deliberate fraud.[9]"
"A world authority on fossil sea urchi
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L Cooper Wrote:
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> Maybe there WAS some sort of disease spike - but
> what diseases might they have been?
Right, suggestions need evidence, but since the author isn't providing any, then I don't think a critic should have to either...
'I can think of no other way for that measurement system to reach Mexico
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Date: October 2, 2019 Source: University of the Witwatersrand Summary: A team of scientists from South Africa has discovered evidence partially supporting a hypothesis that Earth was struck by a meteorite or asteroid 12,800 years ago, leading to global consequences including climate change, and contributing to the extinction of many species of large animals at the time of an episode called the
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From the abstract: "Today, the pre-Clovis occupation at the Monte Verde site is widely accepted,..."
By who, the authors of the paper? Amber Wheat's survey says different: #{"issue_id":104941,"view":"articleBrowser","article_id":"1009154"}
If one subtracts the MV believers who signed the above paper that voted in Amber's
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You need to get an older computer (like mine... 2011 refurbished w/obsolete Win 7 32 bit)
I just found a number of old posts using the new search box, it seems to be working better than ever.
As far as the Phoenicians, even if Columbus hadn't brought back independent verifiable written accounts and a few Native Americans, one would think, even if the Phoenicians didn't get back a
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Fiedel was a little late with his talk and more potholes have turned up since Erlandson et al. 2007.
Of interest is this statement: "The one possible exception is the gap between 17,100 and 14,500 years BP, which is late in the glacial maximum. Ringed seals are a climatic indicator of sea ice, and their remains are quite abundant in On Your Knees Cave. Twenty five samples of ringed s
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Rick Baudé Wrote:
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> We've been down this road many times Lee, it used
> to be fun, now it's pointless and monotonous.
Yes, it sure is fun talking imagination, The Zombie Principle, and news articles where one of the authors swipes silverware. Doesn't get any better than that at Disney World.
By Thomas Cuewen LA
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Rick Baudé Wrote:
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> Maybe you misunderstood, or I didn't make it clear
> this was my rebuttal to it.
I didn't read it (just barely skimmed through it) because it's rubbing shoulders with Graham Hancock. But since I'm so open minded, I'll drop the demand it be published in Antiquity or Nature. Simply find
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Rick Baudé Wrote:
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> > "Hypothesis testing and analogical reasoning in
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> > (Domínguez-Rodrigo 2008). The proposed
> hypothesis
> > must be formulated in a falsifiable
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First, when I email a professional and ask a question I never repeat that answer online unless I ask first, in writing, for the simple reason they do not want to be misquoted or maybe have something for a future paper that they don't want talked about yet...so basically, I hardly ever ask for fear I'll be cut out of inside information in the future.
That being said, I gave the link
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If you read the paper a long time ago it must mean you agree with it, because I don't see your rebuttal to it in Antiquity.
RB: "Did you ever find that paper on the upright tusk? No?" It's still right were I said it was, it hasn't went anywhere. It's still in the references of a paper I referenced. Which means neither you or the Cerutti team are reading reference
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Try this. Go here first:
Then scroll down to Magnani, M., et al and then click on Google Scholar (which is live) and then click on PDF. The free paper pops right up for me.
Page 790
"Hypothesis testing and analogical reasoning in experimental
archaeology
The first step in the development of an archaeological experiment entails hypothesis creation.
The method by which one generate
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The first thing I did was check to see if that infamous glitch on page 2 ( where it says 'Pages: Previous12345', was fixed). The good news is it worked fine. The bad news is I only have until December 21 to post the hard evidence as to why one Cerutti tusk is upright and the other laying horizontal.
Meanwhile I found a free paper and I clicked Google Scholar (see CrossRef below) abo
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Andre Costopoulos Wrote:
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> Long time lurker, first time poster
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> I was originally brought here by the hits I was
> getting from your posts, so thanks for that.
>
I'm embarrassed I didn't cite you more often...lots of good stuff on your blog.
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Hermione Wrote:
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> Welcome to Ma'at, Andre Costopoulos, and thank you
> for the link.
What do you mean "Welcome"? He has already been on this list ages ago...or at least cited by me
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> What is the best source of information about the
> Maya limestone quarries at Nakbe?
From the info provided by Paul H. below:
"Geological Sources & Procurement:
Ancient Limestone Quarries of Nakbe, Guatemala
by James C. Woods and Gene L. Titmus removed 1/8/03 by ald]
Obsidian Sources in the Sout
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PS: Mr. Davis...Idaho isn't on the coast or anywhere near it; you don't need a boat or an ice-free corridor to get there:
One more thing, a horse isn't a seal.
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Thanks Allan, best report so far. And so far there have been plenty of discrepancies between studies, expert interviews, ranchers comments, and police to ponder until something unequivocal turns up.
Meanwhile, I don't know whether to buy a lightning rod for my truck, more ammunition...or both.
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I've rounded up (cherry picked) a number of common attributes from Wiki that fit those found at Slivies Valley Ranch.
"In most cases, mutilation wounds appear to be clean and carried out surgically."
Silvies Ranch: yes
"The absence of tracks or footprints around the site of the mutilated carcass is
often considered a hallmark of cattle mutilation."
Silvies Ranch
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