"Europeans" discovered N. America News
Posted by [tomclark]:
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Posted by [CMD]:
From the article: "What's more, chemical analysis carried out last year on a European-style stone knife found in Virginia back in 1971 revealed that it was made of French-originating flint."
I'm presently reading "Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America's Clovis Culture"(2012) by Stanford and Bradley. These newspaper articles are coming out now in conjunction with the books' recent publication in January. I have not come across reference to this particular finding, but by the authors' own admission they had a tough time knowing when to end the book as new findings were pouring in every day. So it's possible this finding happened after the book went to press. I would certainly like much more detail on this since it strikes me that this has the POTENTIAL to constitute the so-called smoking gun where early migrants from Europe is concerned.
It's a tough read for me personally. The first several chapters deal in exhausting detail regarding various types of flaked stone technology around the world. Something that does not play to my strengths. But the book is out now for those interested and under $23 via Amazon.
Tom, thanks for posting this. The sentence I quoted above bout near floored me! I'm sure there are alternate explanations, but if it's true, wow!!
Posted by [cgode]:
Don't forget the fluted Vermont find of Ramah chert from Labrador..... Makes ya wonder.
My copy of Across Atlantic ice is in the mail.
Cool thread, thanks for posting it.
Posted by [CMD]:
cgode wrote:
Don't forget the fluted Vermont find of Ramah chert from Labrador..... Makes ya wonder.
My copy of Across Atlantic ice is in the mail.
Cool thread, thanks for posting it.
The discovery of a Ramah chert fluted point in Vermont did strongly suggest a seafaring capability earlier then expected here. But Labrador is still North America, and the likely path to Vermont was when Lake Champlain was still connected to the Atlantic Ocean in the form of the Champlain Sea. Still, it demonstrates seafaring capability in early times in an artic enviornment and that's a clue not to be ignored.
Posted by [tomclark]:
Moderator Note: this thread was first posted in 2012 but failed to transfer across to the new forum when the software was updated, and so has been re-created manually.
Posted by [CMD]:
From the article: "What's more, chemical analysis carried out last year on a European-style stone knife found in Virginia back in 1971 revealed that it was made of French-originating flint."
I'm presently reading "Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America's Clovis Culture"(2012) by Stanford and Bradley. These newspaper articles are coming out now in conjunction with the books' recent publication in January. I have not come across reference to this particular finding, but by the authors' own admission they had a tough time knowing when to end the book as new findings were pouring in every day. So it's possible this finding happened after the book went to press. I would certainly like much more detail on this since it strikes me that this has the POTENTIAL to constitute the so-called smoking gun where early migrants from Europe is concerned.
It's a tough read for me personally. The first several chapters deal in exhausting detail regarding various types of flaked stone technology around the world. Something that does not play to my strengths. But the book is out now for those interested and under $23 via Amazon.
Tom, thanks for posting this. The sentence I quoted above bout near floored me! I'm sure there are alternate explanations, but if it's true, wow!!
Posted by [cgode]:
Don't forget the fluted Vermont find of Ramah chert from Labrador..... Makes ya wonder.
My copy of Across Atlantic ice is in the mail.
Cool thread, thanks for posting it.
Posted by [CMD]:
cgode wrote:
Don't forget the fluted Vermont find of Ramah chert from Labrador..... Makes ya wonder.
My copy of Across Atlantic ice is in the mail.
Cool thread, thanks for posting it.
The discovery of a Ramah chert fluted point in Vermont did strongly suggest a seafaring capability earlier then expected here. But Labrador is still North America, and the likely path to Vermont was when Lake Champlain was still connected to the Atlantic Ocean in the form of the Champlain Sea. Still, it demonstrates seafaring capability in early times in an artic enviornment and that's a clue not to be ignored.
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