Posted on 08/06/2007 11:28:14 AM PDT by blam
Source: University of Southampton
Date: August 5, 2007
Stone Age Site Surfaces After 8000 Years
Science Daily — Excavations of an underwater Stone Age archaeological settlement dating back 8000 years took place at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton between 30 July – 3 August 2007.
A diver working at the site just off the Isle of Wight coast. (Credit: Copyright Simon Brown 2007)
Maritime archaeologists from the Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology (HWTMA) have been working at the site just off the Isle of Wight coast. Divers working at depths of 11 metres have raised sections of the seabed, which have been brought to the NOCS laboratories for excavation.
Garry Momber, Director of HWTMA said: ‘This is a site of international importance as it reveals a time before the English Channel existed when Europe and Britain were linked. Earlier excavations have produced flint tools, pristine 8,000-year-old organic material such as acorns, charcoal and worked pieces of wood showing evidence of extensive human activity. This is the only site of its kind in Britain and is extremely important to our understanding of our Stone Age ancestors from the lesser-known Mesolithic period.
‘At first we had no idea of the size of this site, but now we are finding evidence of hearths and ovens so it appears to be an extensive settlement. We are hoping that this excavation will reveal more artefacts and clues to life in the Stone Age.’
The team of archaeologists will take the sections to the NOCS laboratories where they will painstakingly excavate through the layers of sediment revealing materials that have lain unseen beneath the seabed for over 8000 years. Garry Momber has recruited University of Southampton students to help with the work.
Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by University of Southampton.
any signs of the Flintstones house or car?
Huh ?
Yup. When the ice melted it created Santa Rosa Sound, Florida. When utility crews were putting in a pipeline, they dug up a cypress forest that was flooded in the Sound that was dated by UF at 7,000+- years ago. I went over there and was able to 'nab' some of the wood.
More dendrochronology data.
But yeah, it’s awfully familiar. Of course, I didn’t check out the keyword either. :’)
Glacial features subsided and the channel was formed by the rise in water level.
The Grand Banks off of the coast of the Carolinas/Virginia are known to have been above water 150,000 years ago. This is where there has also been a lot of exploration and some good indications of human habitation. The Grand banks is one of the areas some archeologists believe that people from ice age France and Spain migrated to using far south ice sheets and the sea currents that moved a lot faster then than now. That would make the first humans on this continent european. Not PC but becoming more and more accepted.
Some worked obsidian would be even better.
Giant flood separates Britain from Europe
AP | Jul 18, 4:22 PM (ET) | THOMAS WAGNER
Posted on 07/18/2007 5:08:03 PM EDT by FoolNoMore
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867991/posts
(For all you NOVA buffs) Megaflood ‘made Island Britain’ [sharp illustrations]
BBC.com | Wednesday, 18 July 2007 | Jonathan Amos, science reporter
Posted on 07/19/2007 6:04:05 AM EDT by yankeedame
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1868257/posts
Flood Made Britain An Island ‘In 24 Hours’
The Telegraph (UK) | 9-25-2006 | Tim Hall
Posted on 09/24/2006 9:00:46 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707584/posts
What a memory you have, Blam!
Dendrochronologists know when. To the year.
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