Comments for The Cosmic Tusk http://cosmictusk.com Abrupt climate change induced by comets and asteroids during human history Fri, 18 May 2012 03:46:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Bronze Age Catastrophe Layer Discovered In Irish Shell Midden by Steve Garcia http://cosmictusk.com/bronze-age-catastrophe-layer-discovered-in-irish-shell-midden/comment-page-1/#comment-14741 Steve Garcia Fri, 18 May 2012 03:46:14 +0000 http://cosmictusk.com/?p=3942#comment-14741 I have to take exception to the logic behind this passage: "Excavation of the site revealed a mysterious black layer of organic material, which archeologists believe may be the results of a Stone Age tsunami which hit the Clare coast, possibly wiping out the people who used the midden." A midden is pretty friable, pretty fragile. It's just piled up shells and fish bones. Any tsunami would have erased the midden, unless I am missing something. One as strong as the Sumatran and Japanese tsunamis certainly would have, since they moved entire buildings and trees, not to mention cars, trucks, and ships. A midden is not more solid than buildings and trees. I have to take exception to the logic behind this passage:

“Excavation of the site revealed a mysterious black layer of organic material, which archeologists believe may be the results of a Stone Age tsunami which hit the Clare coast, possibly wiping out the people who used the midden.”

A midden is pretty friable, pretty fragile. It’s just piled up shells and fish bones. Any tsunami would have erased the midden, unless I am missing something. One as strong as the Sumatran and Japanese tsunamis certainly would have, since they moved entire buildings and trees, not to mention cars, trucks, and ships. A midden is not more solid than buildings and trees.

]]> Comment on Bronze Age Catastrophe Layer Discovered In Irish Shell Midden by Hermann Burchard http://cosmictusk.com/bronze-age-catastrophe-layer-discovered-in-irish-shell-midden/comment-page-1/#comment-14740 Hermann Burchard Fri, 18 May 2012 01:53:59 +0000 http://cosmictusk.com/?p=3942#comment-14740 Further Comment of Age: The article states that the community was <i>pre-farming.</i> The dates for age archeological subdivisions such as neolithic or bronze age differ by region, with Middle Eastern ones being usually early. The Bronze Age came late to Northern Europe and, presumably, Ireland. So, perhaps this settlement was mesolithic. Further Comment of Age:

The article states that the community was pre-farming. The dates for age archeological subdivisions such as neolithic or bronze age differ by region, with Middle Eastern ones being usually early. The Bronze Age came late to Northern Europe and, presumably, Ireland. So, perhaps this settlement was mesolithic.

]]> Comment on Bronze Age Catastrophe Layer Discovered In Irish Shell Midden by Hermann Burchard http://cosmictusk.com/bronze-age-catastrophe-layer-discovered-in-irish-shell-midden/comment-page-1/#comment-14722 Hermann Burchard Wed, 16 May 2012 05:55:45 +0000 http://cosmictusk.com/?p=3942#comment-14722 Are guys doing arithmetic or Voodoo? If 6k is the age, that would be early Chalcolithic (copper, gold) or late Neolithic, but not Bronze Age, if memory serves. A date of 3114 BC would be 5126 BP, not 6k. This could be my problem, because I used to teach math, regular folks could care less?? Where's Ed, he complained he couldn't get on TUSK. Are guys doing arithmetic or Voodoo? If 6k is the age, that would be early Chalcolithic (copper, gold) or late Neolithic, but not Bronze Age, if memory serves. A date of 3114 BC would be 5126 BP, not 6k.

This could be my problem, because I used to teach math, regular folks could care less??

Where’s Ed, he complained he couldn’t get on TUSK.

]]> Comment on Bronze Age Catastrophe Layer Discovered In Irish Shell Midden by Dennis Cox http://cosmictusk.com/bronze-age-catastrophe-layer-discovered-in-irish-shell-midden/comment-page-1/#comment-14710 Dennis Cox Mon, 14 May 2012 21:51:21 +0000 http://cosmictusk.com/?p=3942#comment-14710 Since they haven’t got a definitive date yet it looks like a lot more detailed analysis of that layer needs to be done before jumping to conclusions. But I wonder if this might have something to do with something mentioned in Bob Kobres’s work. <a href="http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/bronze.html" rel="nofollow">Comets and the Bronze Age Collapse</a> Since they haven’t got a definitive date yet it looks like a lot more detailed analysis of that layer needs to be done before jumping to conclusions. But I wonder if this might have something to do with something mentioned in Bob Kobres’s work. Comets and the Bronze Age Collapse

]]> Comment on Bronze Age Catastrophe Layer Discovered In Irish Shell Midden by Steve Garcia http://cosmictusk.com/bronze-age-catastrophe-layer-discovered-in-irish-shell-midden/comment-page-1/#comment-14703 Steve Garcia Mon, 14 May 2012 13:52:28 +0000 http://cosmictusk.com/?p=3942#comment-14703 If I have the facts right, if the site is really 6ky old, the black layer over it would seem to be consistent with the 3114 BCE mega-tsunami Ed talks about. If I have the facts right, if the site is really 6ky old, the black layer over it would seem to be consistent with the 3114 BCE mega-tsunami Ed talks about.

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