The Western Hemisphere. General term for the Americas following their discovery by Europeans, thus setting them in contradistinction to the Old World of Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Another established scientific hypothesis being tested is how the use of certain stone tools spread in North America. The lower levels of the site produced a very significant find of a roughly 12,000 year-old fluted projectile point base, marking the first time such a tool has been definitely dated in the north.
“The idea for decades has been that fluted projectile point technology originated in Alaska or perhaps Siberia and was carried south into the Americas,” explains Rasic. This model suggests that the Raven Bluff tool should be older than similar points found further south on the continent. “We’re finding the opposite of what people expected.
And all from digging through the garbage.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
Damn, this is interesting period. Going soon to dig with Collins at the nearby Gault site. Has anyone asked him what he thought about how Solutrean lithics appeared at Gault? Cruise ship from Barcelona?
In my continued quest to make new friends, the use of bulldozers at Gault is unacceptable as well.
While the earliest layers are of the greatest interest, that in no way excuses throwing out what'w left of the other 13,000 years.
Yes it was plundered, but that does not mean you go in with a bulldozer and crush up anything that might have the plunderers might accidentally have missed. You use shovels and then mesh it.
Quite honestly EP - unless you were there when the decision was made to use whatever method was used at a site, I don't think you're in a position to play armchair quarterback on it.
From you description on how you would have tackled the copper works mound above, I'm not sure I would have a lot of faith in your approaches to a site either.
There is no turning back human progress, though. The days of having 10,000 men with picks and shovels go out to build a road are over. I suppose we should be happy when a heavy equipment operator does notice a potential archaeological site. I wonder how many have been run over and destroyed because the operator was busy bopping to his .MP3 player?
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
