sábado, 3 de abril de 2010

UM digs find a 10,000-year-old Native oasis

Thousands of years before Euro-Americans “discovered” the bubbling mudpots and eruptive geysers of what is now Yellowstone National Park, early Americans were spending part of their summer camping in the Yellowstone Lake area.

“It’s always been a destination resort,” said Elaine Hale, park archaeologist. “For at least 10,000 years people have been using the lake area.” ... More (Posted: Friday, April 2, 2010).



This large obsidian point was found near Lake Lodge in Yellowstone National Park in 2009. It’s 150 percent bigger than other spear points of the time, prompting researchers to believe it was used for ceremonial purposes. MICHAEL C. LIVERS photo.

lunes, 29 de marzo de 2010

Neolithic Europe

Vídeos YouTube (germanicfolc, 24/03/2010) añadidos a Paleo Vídeos > Prehistoria Universal > L.R.2.1

The ancestry of modern Europeans is a subject of debate among geneticists, archaeologists, and anthropologists. A crucial question is the extent to which Europeans are descended from the first European farmers in the Neolithic Age 7,500 years ago or from Paleolithic/Mesolithic hunter-gatherers who were present in Europe since 40,000 years ago...

Nota: 19-02-11. Vídeos retirados por YouTube.