Archaeologists do it in holes: Tales from the stratigraphy

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viper37

#271
November 22, 2019, 02:46:39 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on November 21, 2019, 06:59:01 PM
Don't steal treasure guys:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/21/detectorists-hid-find-that-rewrites-anglo-saxon-history

It belongs in a musuem!!
;)

Good find :)
Now, The Last Kingdom will need to be rewritten :(  We couldn't let factually false information creep into our movie and tv shows... :P
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#272
November 22, 2019, 06:54:47 AM
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garbon

#273
November 22, 2019, 07:15:51 AM
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
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Agelastus

#274
November 22, 2019, 08:21:10 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on November 22, 2019, 06:54:47 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on November 21, 2019, 06:59:01 PM
Don't steal treasure guys:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/21/detectorists-hid-find-that-rewrites-anglo-saxon-history
Is metal detectorists actually a real word?

Judging by the definitions on Cambridge, Merriam-Webster and Collins yes.

Although "metal detectorist" includes a redundant use of the word "metal" by those same definitions.

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Maladict

#275
November 22, 2019, 01:05:45 PM
Speaking of, the BBC comedy series Detectorists is excellent  :bowler:

dps

#276
November 23, 2019, 01:05:54 AM
Quote from: garbon on November 22, 2019, 07:15:51 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on November 22, 2019, 06:54:47 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on November 21, 2019, 06:59:01 PM
Don't steal treasure guys:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/21/detectorists-hid-find-that-rewrites-anglo-saxon-history
Is metal detectorists actually a real word?

I believe the term 'metal detectorists' is comprised of two words.

Timmay's grasp of counting rivals his grasp of English spelling and grammar.

jimmy olsen

#277
December 11, 2019, 02:27:45 AM
Did I really never post this story? A search for Philistines says no.

Incredible discovery, first cemetery of the Philistines. We had almost no burials of them at all before.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/07/bible-philistine-israelite-israel-ashkelon-discovery-burial-archaeology-sea-peoples/

Genetic testing says they match Iron Age populations from Greece, Spain and Sardinia. But they quickly mixed with the local Canaanites.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-dna-sheds-new-light-biblical-philistines-180972561/
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

Malthus

#278
December 11, 2019, 09:57:41 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 11, 2019, 02:27:45 AM
Did I really never post this story? A search for Philistines says no.

Incredible discovery, first cemetery of the Philistines. We had almost no burials of them at all before.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/07/bible-philistine-israelite-israel-ashkelon-discovery-burial-archaeology-sea-peoples/

Genetic testing says they match Iron Age populations from Greece, Spain and Sardinia. But they quickly mixed with the local Canaanites.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-dna-sheds-new-light-biblical-philistines-180972561/

That is very interesting.
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The Minsky Moment

#279
December 11, 2019, 11:41:32 AM
Not surprising but helps resolve some open questions.
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The Minsky Moment

#281
December 11, 2019, 03:53:40 PM
The Aegean migration/refugee hypothesis receives corroboration, but at the same time numbers were not overwhelming as the immigrants quickly mingled with and were subsumed by the natives from a genetic perspective.
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crazy canuck

#282
December 11, 2019, 04:20:38 PM
Alternative hypothesis, the numbers were large and the Cannanite women irresistible  :D

viper37

#283
December 11, 2019, 05:45:16 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on December 11, 2019, 03:53:40 PM
The Aegean migration/refugee hypothesis receives corroboration, but at the same time numbers were not overwhelming as the immigrants quickly mingled with and were subsumed by the natives from a genetic perspective.
Well, sorta like the Vikings, no?  They arrived in large numbers, but eventually settled in fewer numbers accross all the areas they raided/conquered and then intermingled with the locals.

If they were the Sea People, it is a possibility that they first raided&invaded Egypt and other localities, but then gradually settled in the areas they conquered and over the course of a few centuries inter-married with others.
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Razgovory

#284
December 12, 2019, 12:45:30 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on December 11, 2019, 03:53:40 PM
The Aegean migration/refugee hypothesis receives corroboration, but at the same time numbers were not overwhelming as the immigrants quickly mingled with and were subsumed by the natives from a genetic perspective.


That's a pretty common occurrence when warriors from one place conquer a people in another.
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