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Shawomet, Thanks for the two links. I would be interested in Dr. Wynn's take on pareidolia, a human condition often used to automatically refute any idea that a stone has ancient human involvement based on the "misled" machinations and wishes of the unfortunate novice who might come acros...

I have been a surface hunter of Native American artifacts for roughly 60 years. One of the Rhode Island fields I hunt is a multi component site with evidence of occupation spanning the Late Paleo through the Contact Era of the 1600's. The site, a corn field, is very unusual in having very, very few ...

This is, of course, the so-called Clovis Comet, and its occurance is not universally accepted. It's still a hotly disputed theory. I figured I would put in one place, three earlier studies that promote the Comet theory as the event initiating the Younger Dryas. The last of these studies involves our...

As we all know by now, one theory for the onset of the Younger Dryas involves invoking the impact of a comet. Now, a new study has been published that purports to present evidence for huge fires, global wide in nature, and igniting about 10% of the Earth's biomass. If true, it would of course rank a...

I think, with the "figure stones" content of the exhibit, most archaeologists would have a problem. Such objects might fall in the category of manuports, if found in direct association with actual man made artifacts in a context suggesting they were actually transported as such. If there i...

I just posted the "Secrets of the Dead" episode dealing with the recent discovery of a huge cavity in the Great Pyramid. I mention it here because it's safe to say in that story it's very clear Hawass is a huge pain in the ass, as well as making an ass of himself....

Here is the story of the science that revealed the cavity. Just broadcast on the PBS series "Secrets of the Dead".

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/scannin ... sode/3748/

Ahhh the old "oh look " problem .Same as the "gawp 'n guess " one for rock "interpretation" . It's no doubt an interesting site but bedevilled by over eggers who want to turn it into something to suit their fancies . The archaeoacoustic properties of the site will no d...

Even if the the site was older and built by the Narragansett , there are still the problems of why would they have a solstice alignment , why should the putative backsight and foresight should be considered as such ,where are the precedents ,and the more personal , what do they look like ? Sorry, I...

Which pics are you looking for? Maybe I can help. : http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips_downloads/national_pdfs/exeter/extr_stony-lane_queens-fort.pdf Thanks . Two things that come to mind that could be helpful are tightening up of the dates for the build and a palynological study to see what ...

Hi shawomet - I have found myself in similar situation for a long time now. You can not report for fear of plundering. Aside from that, a a general principle, if a people is pretty well wiped out, they will construct a grandious history for themselves. The more wiped out, the more grandous histor t...

Much depends on the age of the cairn . In Europe clearance cairns can be thousands of years old and much degraded ,often little different from equally degraded cairns that have deposits below them . Field clearance is often found on top of erratics or large rocks as they are dead ground and it make...

There is no shortage of Old World archaeologists and paleontologists who are in agreement with their New World colleagues about the problems with the site . Field clearance cairns look smuch the same as marker or burial cairns , excavation helps . There are always connections between megalith build...

As you have never read my book you have no idea of the sources nor method I used for it. :evil: Your knowledge of impact scientists is similar: nil. I am pretty certain you never read my reporting either. Other people have though: Hancock: I’m working now on a big book on ancient America. Two main ...

I'd like to be fair to E.P. here. There are several rather exhaustive reviews at the link he provided, and it does sound like an excellent contribution to the subject.