Contact Early Possible European Descendants

[Forum Monk]

OK, now what?
We need a couple pilot projects. Proof of concept.
We need good visualisations of them. To communicate to the public and to energize all the parties we need.
Any paleolithic offshore finds – past, current or planned – come to mind for that role?

Thanks to Beagle' keen eye (http://archaeologica.boardbot.com/viewtopic.php?t=1157), we got one:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6584011.stm

There's our flag bearer project!

Uncanny R/S. Its almost too topical to be believed.

[Rokcet Scientist]

I got good friends at Auntie Beeb's....

[Charlie Hatchett]

I got good friends at Auntie Beeb's....

Time to find one of them Solutrean boats!

[Rokcet Scientist]

I got good friends at Auntie Beeb's....

Time to find one of them Solutrean boats!

Sure. I'll see what I can do...

BTW, Charlie, you're the resident alluvial/fluvial pro around here: can't you find us a deposit of some ancient flash flood of a freak fluvial clay/lime compound that instantly covered and perfectly preserved a complete Solutrean tribe in their camp?
There wasn't active volcanism on the east coast then, was there?
Naaah, that's overdoing it.
One buried Solutrean is enough.
I'm not asking for much...

[Forum Monk]

There wasn't active volcanism on the east coast then, was there?
Naaah, that's overdoing it.
One buried Solutrean is enough.
I'm not asking for much...

My previous post of Holocene volcanoes was not followed by Pleistocene volcanoes because no neat summary pages could be found. Nevertheless, plenty of information is published on a region by region basis for that epoch. For example, in the U.S. the calderas in Yellowstone were quite active, and I believe several volcanoes in the pacific Northwest were active.

[Rokcet Scientist]

I'm looking for east coast Solutreans. Preferably immobilized and preserved in situ. A volcanic eruption could do that. But were there any of those on the east coast between say 20,000 and 10,000 BC that could have done it? Or am I asking too much now...?

Of course offshore there's oodles of stuff waiting for us to find!

[Forum Monk]

I'm looking for east coast Solutreans. Preferably immobilized and preserved in situ. A volcanic eruption could do that. But were there any of those on the east coast between say 20,000 and 10,000 BC that could have done it? Or am I asking too much now...?

Of course offshore there's oodles of stuff waiting for us to find!

I know of none.
North American volcanoes (usually) are found in the boundary between the pacific and north american plates.

The source of the Yellowstone hotspot is disputed but it apparently blasted a good sized crater into the earth about 13000 ya. according to some reports. Major eruptians occurred millions of years ago.

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/history.html

[Charlie Hatchett]

I got good friends at Auntie Beeb's....

Time to find one of them Solutrean boats!

Sure. I'll see what I can do...

BTW, Charlie, you're the resident alluvial/fluvial pro around here: can't you find us a deposit of some ancient flash flood of a freak fluvial clay/lime compound that instantly covered and perfectly preserved a complete Solutrean tribe in their camp?
There wasn't active volcanism on the east coast then, was there?
Naaah, that's overdoing it.
One buried Solutrean is enough.
I'm not asking for much...

Believe me, I'm looking.

[gunny]

McFadden Beach----Clovis and more primitive wash ashore. Coast-line was near 50 miles offshore.

[Rokcet Scientist]

McFadden Beach? In SoCal?

[Charlie Hatchett]

McFadden Beach? In SoCal?

I believe gunny is referring to Mcfadden Beach, on the Texas Gulf Coast.