tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post4263427933829602491..comments2024-03-09T15:46:44.638+01:00Comments on For what they were... we are: Echoes from the past (Sep 1)Majuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-59541124243820939322011-09-05T07:24:44.120+02:002011-09-05T07:24:44.120+02:00It is unquestionable evidence - unless you think y...It is unquestionable evidence - unless you think you have some archaeological grounds to question them, which you have not. <br /><br />Other islands would be other peoples and other journeys. And also other archaeologists searching and finding them. The Cretan handaxes were disappeared until last year, but, wow, they appeared. <br /><br />Now they won't disappear just because you wish so. <br /><br />Others may appear however - just give time to time - and to archaeologists too. <br /><br />Absence of evidence is NOT evidence of absence. Seriously.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-28973520253244558082011-09-05T05:51:01.003+02:002011-09-05T05:51:01.003+02:00"they are unquestionable evidence of early na..."they are unquestionable evidence of early navigation (island-hoping)". <br /><br />No they're not. On what other islands have such hand-axes been found? Hand-axes don't simply dissappear.terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-63540842861964651222011-09-02T19:47:31.731+02:002011-09-02T19:47:31.731+02:00We don't have any evidence that denies they ar...We don't have any evidence that denies they arrived to Melos earlier. We only have evidence of them positively arriving there at least as early as 15 Ka. <br /><br />Lack of evidence is not evidence of lack. <br /><br />And we have the Crete handaxes, which you clearly prefer to ignore even if they are unquestionable evidence of early navigation (island-hoping).Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-54150202344606203822011-09-02T05:48:30.263+02:002011-09-02T05:48:30.263+02:00"Mariners already reached the island of Melos..."Mariners already reached the island of Melos in Greece as early as c. 15,000 years ago, providing obsidian to Franchthi cave and other parts of the mainland, new chronometric method finds. At that time some of the Cyclades were joined in a single island but were not part of the mainland in any case" <br /><br />Interesting that it took until 15,000 years to reach those islands (or island so it seems) that were so close to the mainland. Makes me suspicious of how humans actually reached Crete.terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.com