On Dec 27, 10:19=A0am, Robert Socrates <robert.socra...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> A nice read... I only skimmed over it and it's not my area of expertise,
> but two things caught my attention:
>
> >The only viable explanation for this is that there must
> >have been large populations of Mesolithic people inhabiting the
> >coastal regions of northern and western Europe that actively resisted
> >any further colonization, assimilation, or acculturation."
>
> A bit far fetched in my opinion... there could be hundreds (well, dozens
> really...) of reasons other than this one. Is there any archeological
> evidence for those large populations of Mesolithic people?
> Sources?
>
> >In about 3200 B.C. Otzi the Iceman was still using the
> >old technology of pure copper (axe head - 99.7 % pure copper) while
> >the Millarens were working with the advanced Aegean alloy technology
> >of arsenical copper.
>
> Um... isn't it also a bit far fetched to compare objects carried by
> someone found in Alpine areas to a culture on the Iberian peninsula?
> Either way... as stated in the article later on when talking about the
> British Islands technology was not spreading evenly over Europe. By
> comparing these things one is stating the obvious: That there was an
> uneven spread of technology over Europe... which might not be too
> surprising when someone looks at the geography of this area.
Dear Robert,
My source for your question regarding the halt of the Aegean Neolithic
expansion into Europe is:
"Europe's First Farmers"
T. Douglas Price
Cambridge University Press
2000
pg. 17
My intent on comparing Otzi's pure copper axehead with the Millarens
early use of arsenical copper was to illustrate the lack of any
discernable "Age of Pure Copper" in Iberia at about the same time.
Metallurgy in Iberia seems to have started with the alloying
technology of arsenical copper that was then in use in the Aegean.
This seriously undermines the idea of the indigenous origination of
metallurgy in the western Mediterranean in my opinion.
Thank you for insightful observations. Please contact me if you have
any other questions and comments.
Best Regards,
W. Sheppard Baird
http://www.minoanatlantis.com
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