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Stone Age Settlements Found Underwater In Britain
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| 9-11-2003
Posted on 09/11/2003 11:37:31 AM PDT by blam
Stone Age Settlements Found Underwater in Britain
Thu Sep 11, 5:38 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Archaeologists have stumbled across the first underwater evidence of Stone Age settlements in Britain.
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A team from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in northeast England say they found flint artifacts including tools and arrowheads off the coast near Tynemouth during a training session to prepare them for dive searches elsewhere.
They say the items pinpoint two sites dating as far back as 10,000 years ago which would once have been on dry land but were gradually submerged as sea levels rose after the end of the last Ice Age. Dr. Penny Spikins, the archaeologist leading the team, said she had originally applied for funding to search for this type of site in Scotland and had been amazed to find the items lying undisturbed on the sea bed near such a built-up area.
"It was a totally stunning find really because although we'd prepared ourselves to be looking for these type of sites... we hadn't really started the project when we already came across these types of artifacts," she told Reuters.
"These sites are set to provide us with a unique opportunity to begin to understand early Mesolithic coastal occupation," Spikins said.
According to the team, one site dates back to the late Mesolithic period 8,500 to 5,000 years ago while the other, found further out to sea, is thought to be early Mesolithic -- 8,500 to 10,000 years ago.
Mesolithic people were hunter-gatherers and lived in the Middle Stone Age which began around 10,000 years ago.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: age; brantheblessed; britain; catastrophism; doggerland; godsgravesglyphs; mesolithic; settlements; stone; storegga; storeggaslide; thesinkinglands; tsunami; tsunamis; underwater
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posted on
09/11/2003 11:37:32 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Building a town underwater...no wonder they died out.
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posted on
09/11/2003 11:43:40 AM PDT
by
Lee Heggy
(Jealousy-The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste.)
To: blam
SPOTREP
To: blam
It's Atlantis!
To: Lee Heggy
Building a town underwater...no wonder they died outLOL!
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posted on
09/11/2003 11:46:41 AM PDT
by
RoughDobermann
(Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
To: blam
Missed Tech Tuesday? Become a Wireless Whiz -- get connected in every room and secure your wireless network in six stepsWow. I guess they were more advanced than previously realized...
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posted on
09/11/2003 11:47:58 AM PDT
by
RoughDobermann
(Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
To: blam
Image of inhabitants:
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posted on
09/11/2003 11:54:37 AM PDT
by
Salgak
(don't mind me: the orbital mind control lasers are making me write this. . .)
To: blam
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posted on
09/11/2003 11:56:13 AM PDT
by
KantianBurke
(The Federal govt should be protecting us from terrorists, not handing out goodies)
To: blam
It must be real old, like before we got rid of the gills & walked up the muddy banks.
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posted on
09/11/2003 12:08:47 PM PDT
by
ctlpdad
(In memory of my good friend Henry's daughter, lost 9/11/01)
To: KantianBurke
Is that you, Lord Elron?
;)
To: farmfriend
The stone age builders still have relatives living in the area, confirmed by DNA testing.
Cheddar Man (9,000 Years Old)
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posted on
09/11/2003 12:16:03 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
they found flint artifacts Now that's talent, to be able to make a spark underwater.
To: OXENinFLA
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posted on
09/11/2003 12:21:09 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
With only a little help from erosion, maybe future archaeologists will be able to examine Barbara Streisand's underwater house.
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posted on
09/11/2003 12:44:10 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Fight Czarism in America!)
To: Lee Heggy
They must have been stewed to the gills.
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posted on
09/11/2003 12:45:33 PM PDT
by
Consort
To: ctlpdad
To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
Serious question.
How much lower was "sea level" 10,000 years ago? Anybody know?
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posted on
09/11/2003 1:02:32 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks.)
To: blam
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posted on
09/11/2003 1:11:21 PM PDT
by
itsahoot
To: Publius6961
How much lower was "sea level" 10,000 years ago? Anybody know?Around 300 ft., At least enough to expose the land bridge from Siberia to Alaska.
To bad Saudi isn't about 300 ft. lower.
To: Publius6961
"How much lower was "sea level" 10,000 years ago? Anybody know?" 300-500FT, most accept about 400ft.
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posted on
09/11/2003 4:25:35 PM PDT
by
blam
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