http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaker_culture I have a theory that the beaker culture spread to the great lakes area including cahokia mounds based on the beaker...
Vince and all, I have little information to be of any help re: your inquiry, but fortunately found what appears to be a marvelous site which I believe has much...
http://www.saskarchsoc.ca/Andronowich2.html http://www.saskarchsoc.ca/Andronowich.html The above links show a very interesting set of incised stones from...
Vince, Unable to get a web site with either link below. MSE The links are valid as shown, and launch fine for me, though they are slow to open. Probably a...
Hi Rick, All, You may have one such Norse (or far older) sun crystal if someone is able to get the Coast Guard from the Isle Royale region to cough up a...
Hi Susan, all (sorry for the delay) Some interesting notes Susan I have thought about maybe reposting it at PI if I can find just a little more info for my...
In my last post I wasn't certain, but mentioned an ancient waterway from the Mediterranean to the Baltic, however it is stated in part from the Black Sea to...
A little Photo info on Basalt artifact added to ancient_waterways_society This image is intended for Humanitarian needs only as a tool for Native American...
In mid-January I posted a message here reporting the discovery in northern Minnesota of lithic artifacts found beneath glacial outwash till, implying a...
Wouldn't basalt be an unusually soft material to use as a tool? I think on the Moh's scale it's typically only a 4 or so, just above limestone. The softness...
The bleached basalt axe head found within the circle of post holes at the mouth of the Miami River was said to be an axe head that hadn't been used, sorry I...
Cool On another note: Dhyani Ywahoo 27th generation family member of traditional Etowah Band of the Eastern Tsalagi (Cherokee) Nation to carry the Traditional ...
Jamey, Rick, Stan, and All, Interesting photo, Jamey, and comment from Stan about basalt. Anything further on the basalt artifact, Miami and Georgia sites, ...
Hi Susan, all hammerstones? Ok I guess you may have thought that the same artifact at AWS/my profile was worked with a hammer, right? No, I don't think it was...
Dr. Clark's post #125 included the following - "At Ocumulgee and two sites in Illinois archaeologists have found evidence of agricultural fields in which the...
Stan, I have to agree with the author, water-logged soil is the most obvious logical explanation for much of Illinois, though other, perhaps better reasons...
One possible explanation for building the mounds at Cahokia is that the mounds were built in patterns that were seen in the star world and that they were...
Dr. Clark, Stan? lol I hope you are referring to me as a "Doctor" as Buz would address Elmer Fudd. I did consider one university to major in ancient history ...
Stan, Jamey, Rick, Vince,and All, Jamey, I would agree with Stan referring to you as Dr. Clark. In fact, the kind of intensive research all of you are doing in...
Well since you put it like that Susan it is way to much of a westernized Idea for me, however it is along the lines of a few indigenous concepts and values,...
http://www.apol.net/dightonrock/columbus_was_100_portuguese.htm I recall an article I read over a decade ago that stated that Columbus was a Spanish Jew. Of...
I am sure many recall the epic documentation of the "Ice Man" or "Oxey" or whatever term was used for this man. If H.G. Wells were alive and well with burbon...
jamey, I thought Columbus was Genovese, not Portugese...?? I am not convinced that he went to Iceland, but he did sail several times to Bergen, Norway on the...
Historically speaking it is a bit ironic, but as far as an assumption that someone is 100% anything is a bit one-sided. However there were better barter deals....
All, So many thought-provoking posts to this small yet remarkable group over the last week. Each writing lives in a different part of the Midwest and South...
William Thanks to William Smith for being such a good guest. Also, thanks to Judy Johnson for calling in. The blogtalkradio system is so good, neither of you...
Rick and all, It is nearly 9PM Thursday night, was not home earlier to hear Rick's Oopa RadioNet interview 'live' with guest, Fred Rydholm. But have it ...
