Re: Flint



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

I don't accept wikipedia as an authority on much anything.

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

Generally it is accepted the rise was from about -125 meters - only it
is more than that in places, less in others - for reasons which have
been detailed a number of times before.
>
> I think you are getting this confused with the event of 5-6m years
> ago.

I may have recalled the sill height wrong for Gibraltar and replaced
it with that of the Dardanelles - the remainder still holds true.

> >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.

Did you even bother to look at the reference I gave? You know, the
more relevant part of what I posted?



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