Re: Flint

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:05:40 GMT, Seppo Renfors <Renfors@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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>
>IE_Johansson wrote:
>>
>> In message:
>> news:h9-dndsG1qngQB7enZ2dnUVZ8tydnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> to soc.history Ancient "Agamemnon" under thread: "Flints give Cyprus oldest
>> seafaring link in Med" presented new information from an article of Michele
>> Kambas.
>>
>> "Fragments of stone implements believed to be up to 12,000 years old have
>> been found at two sites of Cyprus, suggesting roving mariners used the areas
>> as temporary camp sites after forays from what is today Syria and Turkey.
>>
>> The flints are unlike anything found in the geological make-up of Cyprus,
>> and more than 1,000 years older than the timing of the first permanent
>> settlers to the island."
>>
>> It would of course be interesting to learn about your reaction on the
>> findings, but I have one question which crossed my mind: In which areas
>> around the Mediteranian does flint exist?
>
>Inger, at around that time and earlier, the Mediterranean was at a
>much, much lower level. Remember it was below the Gibraltar sill
>height.

The Gibraltar sill is presently 300 metres deep. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_of_Gibraltar

Sealevels have risen approximately 100m since the ice age. See
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ClimateTrendsSeaLevel.html

I think you are getting this confused with the event of 5-6m years
ago.


>The Mediterranean was divided into 3 smaller puddles at around
>that time. If Cyprus was connected via a land bridge to Turkey or
>Syria I'm not sure, certainly the distance to both would have at least
>been much shorter.
>
>http://www.ciesm.org/online/monographs/Santorini04.pdf
>
>See page 18.
>This has much other interesting reading as well.



Eric Stevens

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