Posted on 07/10/2014 10:03:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
New carbon datings have left archeologists puzzled over who placed elk bones in a bog 11,000 years ago. (Photo: Geert Brovad)
Now there you go again Dr. Smith. How were those ages determined? Please be specific. Thank you.
elk bones.
is that a new dog chew by purina ?
We never hear finds described as poo sticks, they’re always Antlers or Shaman magic wands.
As noted in the article and the excerpt, they were dated by the radiocarbon method.
perhaps poaching elk from the manor lord was best dealt with by hiding the bones in the bog ?
Just read wikipedia about carbon dating, it is a technique that is old as dirt. Interesting article, hope they solve this little mystery. Alot we still need to find out about early people that lived tens of thousands of years before us.
I have a theory.
—Anne Elk
Thinkum you might make a good elk chew!
Would know those bones anywhere. That is Great (X 200 generations or so) Uncle Thunderhooves, Grand Exalted Ruler of Lundby Bog, Zealand. So THAT’S What happened to him!
Not many “manor houses” 12000 years ago in New Zealand.
A short summary is here http://www.radiocarbon.com/about-carbon-dating.htm
If you want to learn more my suggestion is that you watch Rick Normans lectures; the first is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkRPvqbEdjE
‘They have no reasons why the elk bones were there’.
A new hypothesis: They were offerings of thanks from the previous hunt, and for as much or more, as they had hunted that season, for the next season.
Bogs have become a place where they have found articles, tools, bones, and a few bodies, and all show signs of sacrifce. Why not elk bones?
That is the first thing that came to my mind. Another reason might be that the animals were diseased and the carcasses were put far away from people and other animals..
Bog = stone age trash can.
Solved.
Zealand is the big Danish island Copenhagen is on.
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