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Found: One of the Oldest North American Settlements
Smithsonian ^ | 4/5/17 | Brigit Katz

Posted on 04/06/2017 8:49:55 AM PDT by JimSEA

The oral history of the Heiltsuk Nation, an Aboriginal group based on the Central Coast of British Columbia, tells of a coastal strip of land that did not freeze during the ice age, making it a place of refuge for early inhabitants of the territory. As Roshini Nair reports for the CBC, a recent archaeological discovery attests to an ancient human presence in the area associated with the tradition. While digging on British Columbia’s Triquet Island, archaeologists unearthed a settlement that dates to the period of the last ice age.

The archaeological team, supported by the Hakai Institute, sifted through meters of soil and peat before hitting upon the charred remains of an ancient hearth. Researchers painstakingly peeled away charcoal flakes, which were then carbon dated. In November, tests revealed that the hearth was some 14,000 years old, indicating that the area in which it was found is one of the oldest human settlements ever discovered in North America. Or as Randy Shore of the Vancouver Sun contextualizes, the village is “three times as old as the Great Pyramid at Giza.”

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TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: archaeology; godsgravesglyphs; iceage; triquetisland
On a day of particularly toxic politics (thanks to the autocratic progressives), I thought this lengthy Smithsonian article was a good break for those interested.
1 posted on 04/06/2017 8:49:55 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: JimSEA

I’m surprised they didn’t proclaim they were Martians.


2 posted on 04/06/2017 8:51:16 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: JimSEA

Wait a sec...

Ice age?

Warming climate?

Did they have SUVs?


3 posted on 04/06/2017 8:52:48 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: JimSEA

I was thinking the same thing :) Needed a break.

As for the settlement, I can attest to it.

My great great great....Italian ancestors visited there for a little while but the food was no good so they went back :)


4 posted on 04/06/2017 8:56:28 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: 2banana

5 posted on 04/06/2017 8:57:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: JimSEA

I noticed that this small island is just north of Victoria Island.
I’ve been to Victoria Island. It’s the only place in North America with a Tropical Rain Forest. If I can believe the tour guide, the last time Victoria Island got down to 50F was during WW2, and then only for a day or two. Evidently there is a warm ocean current, believed to be heated from volcanic activity, that bathes the island in warmth year round.


6 posted on 04/06/2017 9:12:35 AM PDT by BuffaloJack ("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
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To: JimSEA

If there isn’t an empty Coke can and a wrapper from McDonalds hamburger, who cares..../S


7 posted on 04/06/2017 9:16:55 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: BuffaloJack

Yes! Location, location, location. The costal route would have been better weather and food wise than an internal passage.


8 posted on 04/06/2017 9:34:24 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: JimSEA

Thanks for posting.


9 posted on 04/06/2017 9:35:09 AM PDT by blam
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To: JimSEA

This isn’t so surprising, since genetic studies of Eskimos suggest that people crossed the Bering Sea at least 20,000 years ago. The real question is why they lingered up there for so long rather than migrating down to warmer climates. This article implies that it took them at least 6,000 years to move south.


10 posted on 04/06/2017 9:36:46 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: JimSEA

I lost faith in The Smithsonian and Scientific American back in the 80s.


11 posted on 04/06/2017 9:38:27 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: JimSEA

Bookmark


12 posted on 04/06/2017 9:43:33 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: JimSEA

We are currently in an ice age that started around 3 million years ago. We are in an interglacial period that started 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. In another few thousand years the next glaciation will arrive.


13 posted on 04/06/2017 9:50:40 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: BuffaloJack

Victoria Island is north of the Arctic Circle. The largest city on Victoria island is Cambridge Bay. I nearly took a job there

Vancouver Island is mostly covered in temperate rain forest, not tropical.

The city of Victoria is on Vancouver Island.

We had more than 30 days of sub-freezing weather this last winter. Two years ago I lost my tomatoes on April 30 to frost.

Your tour guide was completely full of it.


14 posted on 04/06/2017 11:17:40 AM PDT by Don W ( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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Note: this topic is from 4/06/2017. Thanks JimSEA. I don't buy the "ice-free during the ice age" handed-down story part of this. It has little more credibility than the modern myth that the Dogon knew about Sirius B.

15 posted on 10/02/2017 7:33:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: JimSEA

Bookmark


16 posted on 10/02/2017 7:35:12 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: SunkenCiv

bttt


17 posted on 10/02/2017 7:36:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: JimSEA

Thank you for posting this. It is very interesting. Good distraction.


18 posted on 10/02/2017 7:38:01 PM PDT by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: SunkenCiv

TGRIQUET ISLAND ARTIFACTS


19 posted on 10/02/2017 8:40:22 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM)
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Those look like my P.E.I. ancestors, but they preferred Harleys. LOL! :-)


20 posted on 10/03/2017 5:54:25 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free.)
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