Re: Archaeological dating methods, was: ARCHAEOLOGY VERSUS TACITUS' AGRICOLA was to Paul Burke Re: Grænlendinga þáttur

From: Eric Stevens (eric.stevens_at_sum.co.nz)
Date: 03/20/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:51:33 +1200

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:34:46 -0500, "Steve Marcus"
<smarcus_spamout_@cox.net> wrote:

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>"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:13:16 -0500, "Steve Marcus"
>> <smarcus_spamout_@cox.net> wrote:
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>>>"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz> wrote in message
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>>>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:37:59 -0500, "Steve Marcus"
>>>> <smarcus_spamout_@cox.net> wrote:
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>>>>>"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz> wrote in message
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>>>>>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 18:16:41 -0500, "Steve Marcus"
>>>>>> <smarcus_spamout_@cox.net> wrote:
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>>>>>>>Doug,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Why are you attempting to a have a discussion with an imbecile??
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The answer to her question is "Occam's Razor."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Roads, buildings, fortifications, artifacts all could be imitations by
>>>>>>>people indigenous to the British isles, who for some reason decided to
>>>>>>>abandon their usual style of living and magically advance technically
>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>few
>>>>>>>hundred centuries in order to imitate the Romans.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> " ... a few hundred centuries ... " Haw.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hee Haw.
>>>>>
>>>>>Still on ignore, am I?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Only until you say something ridiculous.
>>>
>>>Ridiculous? Are you seriously going to argue that the British
>>>civilization
>>>that the Romans invaded in 43BC was as technologically advanced as the
>>>Romans, or as advanced in terms of literature and art, to name just a two
>>>items?
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>> You are quirming - "a few hundred centuries' was your description.
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>I see your point. I meant "a few centuries", started to type "a few hundred
>years", and changed to the former.
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>> How many tens of thousands of years do you have in mind?
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>A few hundred years, or a few centuries. Take your pick. A few hundred
>centuries is obviously wrong.

Hence my comment.
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>>
>>>Oh wait, I forgot, there's stonehendge, built long, long before the
>>>Romans. That means that the British were quite as advanced in terms of
>>>construction techniques as the Romans were right? Talk about ridiculous,
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>> Eric Stevens
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Eric Stevens