Re: Seaweed? 50mile trek inland, beachcombing




On May 11, 1:59 pm, "Makouli" <m...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
"nickname" <alas_my_lo...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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See map, the site was adjacent to the oceanic bay on a creek & peat
watershed.Perfect for combined waterside ambushes and seaside
foraging, seaweed and mollusc foraging, lots of walking too..
http://the-arc-ddeden.blogspot.com/

What is it with you wet apes and your top posting?

See map above, the site was less than ten miles from salt water, other
sites now unpreserved were very likely to have been closer to the
seashore of the bay, but unlike the well-preserved bog, the remains
returned to the nutrient cycle and eroded away. Mastodons needed salt,
elephants are famous for digging salt licks at ancient seabeds.
DDeden

Were you hoping that no one would read on down
and catch the direct quote from the primary investigator
at Monte Verde? "Located on a small creek 60 km
(36 miles) from the ocean..." Well, your definition of
"adjacent" must be different from mine and Dillahay's.

And what about the Mastodon? How does that fit in
with your "seaside foraging"? I'll agree that a 72-mile
round trip is quite a hike.

[..seaweed and marine algae dating back more
than 14,000 years at the Monte Verde must explain
something]

http://tinyurl.com/5jwbu7

"What are the artifacts and ecofacts from Monte Verde? Located on
a small creek 60 km (36 miles) from the ocean, on the cold, wet coastal
plain, this site was inhabited by people who constructed rectangular
rowhouses (having a common wall in between) of wood, perhaps covered
in hide that was staked like tents. The 12 rooms were 3-4 m long,
with clay-lined fire pits and 2 large hearths apparently for common
cooking or heat. On the west side was an isolated, wishbone-shaped
building with a rear platform and open front facing the hearths. Most
of the interesting plant remains came from this unusual structure, some
in chewed wads, many species that may have been used for medicinal
purposes, as well as burned animal skin, and most of the mastodon
remains (was it a hut for game processing? a shaman's home?). Monte
Verde was a rare open-air site (as opposed to a cave or rock shelter),
and was spectacular because the creek backed up, which resulted in
the formation of a peat bog that covered and, because of the wet,
anaerobic conditions, preserved everything that would normally rot fast.
Other items recovered include wooden artifacts such as stakes and
mortars; twine and cordage; diverse plants such as 11 wild potatoes,
roots, seeds, nuts, leafy vegetables; animal remains including mastodons
(MNI or minimum number of mastodons was 6), paleollama, and
smaller things such as amphibians, reptiles, birds, even bird eggshell,
and animal hide and 38 meat fragments (show pictures from Dillehay
1997, Fagan 1997, Gore 1997). Biotic remains, numbering some
20,000 specimens of 55 taxa, were of species from many different
types of environments (coast, marsh, forest), including some areas
up to 400 km away, and all seasons of the year, suggesting
sedentary settlement."

Mastodon, eh? They had to wack those beasts on the beach
and then lug 'em 36 miles back to camp? They must have been
real brutes....

Got it, my boy? (Probably not: SFs are incredibly stupid.)

Got what, Marco? You and your friends are
mental defectives? Yea, I've got that.
==================================
"You only read what you like to read."
Marco --01/01/03

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