Re: Bad Archaeology

J.LyonLayden wrote:

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You're the guy I need to be talking to then!

Let's see.

So how are you with sun dried bricks 27,000 years ago?

Why not use some sort of thatched huts? Much less likely to be proven wrong, and much more likely to be useful in the rainy tropics. Unless you have evidence of a drier climate there then.

How about people living in a structure like that off the coast of
Okinawa 27,000 years ago?

I'm assuming you mean near Yonaguni when it was above water. I'd say, 'sure, why not?', as long as you aren't trying to have them actually live on the flat-ish spaces. Make sure to take a look at what is currently on-shore and above water near Yonaguni. I think you'll find it's not a very pleasant place to live. It isn't smooth, and it is pretty barren.

OTOH, using the 'monument' occasionally as a gathering place, or for rituals, that would seem reasonable to me. IF you make it believable, and you don't have them constructing the place, that is.

(I promise not to say that it was man-made. I just won't mention how
it was built, or say that their legends speak of it being made by gods)

The 'steps', etc., are not built by humans, and saying (or implying) that is unsupportable. But you certainly could have them modifying it for their purposes.

If I understand you correctly, you are going to postulate a fairly large population. If so, your biggest challenge will be how to feed all of them without agriculture. I think that would be fascinating, and would require a very rich land and sea environment. That has real-world examples, and using them (and using the 'monument' area to organize the culture) might be a fair basis for your story.
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