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Politics, Religion, Science, Culture and Humanities => Science, Culture, & Humanities => Topic started by: Body-by-Guinness on June 18, 2010, 06:19:58 PM

Title: Archaeology
Post by: Body-by-Guinness on June 18, 2010, 06:19:58 PM

Interesting piece inferring pyroclastic flow dynamics by examining the condition of the corpses found at Pompeii. Lotta formulas and tables I'm not gonna try to reproduce, so link only:

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0011127;jsessionid=E509F99DA98A847DFE80F99E056EE6B1.ambra02

Title: Re: Archaeology
Post by: ccp on August 16, 2011, 09:06:39 AM

ancient UFC like statue:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4109238,00.html

Title: 23K Years Ago in America….
Post by: Body-by-Guinness on October 14, 2023, 12:07:18 AM

Back in my undergrad days my anthropology prof. was all aflutter because there was evidence of humans in the Americas that dated back 10,000 years. These preserved footsteps have more than doubled that:

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/debate-settled-oldest-human-footprints-in-north-america-really-are-23000-years-old-study-finds?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=livescience&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR3XJwaeIsRpzvSBYsG666rFnmliXMBQAuh9BwpRARL9UpvKFqLimTZvvBo