Re: OT: Malhi, Eshleman, haplogroup A, language, time, and direction.....

From: Lee Olsen (paleocity_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: 28 Mar 2005 07:39:25 -0800

G Horvat wrote:
> On 27 Mar 2005 08:54:07 -0800, "Lee Olsen" <paleocity@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >G Horvat wrote:
> [...]
> >First, thank you for the data, now all I have to do is figure out
where
> >Poverty Point and Cahokia are in relation to your data (and see if
> >haplogroup A is involved to any great extent).
>
> You should be able to answer your own question now. ("Would these
> [harborers of haplogroup A sequences] be considered 'coastal' people
> or 'inland' people?")

Yes, thanks---they are obviously both.

>
> [...]
> >> How would you describe the distribution of microblades in the
> >> Americas?
>
> >One can look at it two ways. In total volume, the number of
> >microblades produced in the Americas probably out numbers the total
> >number made in the Old World by a million to one. If one takes the
> >total number of individual sites where microblades have been found,
or
> >separate groups of people, bands, tribes etc., who used
microblades,
> >then just the opposite pattern is true, the Old World wins hands
down.
>
> If this is true, then it requires an explanation. If more Old World
> populations made microblades than New World, why is the volume
greater
> in the Americas?
>
> When I inquire about distributions, I'm usually referring to
> geographic ones. How widespread are they (in frequencies worth
> mentioning)?
>
> Another question comes to mind. Since, to my knowledge, most
> archaeologists think microblade technology was dropped in NW Canada,
> how do they explain the presence of microblades elsewhere in the New
> World?

You should be able to answer your own question now.
Dar: "I haven't been keeping up like I should, and, as admitted
earlier, I
get lost pretty quick in the Americas. Blood pressure is sufficiently
low now, thank you."

Since I have cited names and source, the burden is on you to name
exactly who these "most archaeologists" are.

>
> Gisele

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