Re: Questions

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:17:29 -0500, "Searles O'Dubhain"
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"Doug Weller" <dweller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:36:38 GMT, in sci.archaeology, Inger E wrote:

When was Orkney first 'colonized' or do someone at least know how old
the
oldest known remain of a house is?

It's noted that the Faero Island had lots of sheeps running wild when
the
first known ships passed by.
How old is the oldest known artifact found on any of the Faero Island?


There's a UNESCO World Heritage site there, Heart of Neolithic Orkney.
I
thought everyone here might have heard of the houses at Skara Brae,
and of
course Maeshowe, about 5000 years old. And of course the Ring of
Brodgar,
but that isn't as famous.

Doug

Amazing how these sites were there so long ago. Was the climate warmer
when they were built?


There was a particularly warm period somewhere about then, much warmer
than anything in the last 2000 years, but my hazy memory can't pin
down the date.



Eric Stevens
.

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