[meteorite-list] Archaeologist Finds Brenham Meteorite AmongArtificats from the Hopewell People

From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Jun 3 01:39:30 2004
Message-ID: <060320040539.29194.40BEB98F000175220000720A2160280651FF9188908BA0978F9A8C90_at_att.net>

I think Mr. Blood makes it very clear. Prehistoric is just an academic term used as a guideline to define something that can't be defined in all good conscience.

Thanks,
Bill


> Hi Martin & all,
> I teach Anthropology and perhaps I can clarify some misconceptions
> here: "Prehistoric" applies to all cultures prior to THEIR use of writing.
> Under the most liberal of uses, it would involve all the Native Americans
> in what are now the United States, though not all in Mexico, as several
> cultures there did have writing, though nearly every text was burned,
> seeing as how they were all considered to be meaningless gibberish written
> by heathens.
> Therefore, the Hopewell culture would certainly be "prehistoric."
> Best wishes, Michael
>
>
> on 6/1/04 4:08 PM, Martin Altmann at Altmann_at_Meteorite-Martin.de wrote:
>
> > 50 B.C. to 500 A.D is "prehistoric"???
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
> > To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 1:00 AM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Archaeologist Finds Brenham Meteorite
> > AmongArtificats from the Hopewell People
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.dodgeglobe.com/stories/060104/sta_0601040015.shtml
> >>
> >> Archaeologist searches for artifacts from the Hopewell people
> >> Dodge City Daily Globe (Kansas)
> >> June 1, 2004
> >>
> >> Wichita archaeologist Jim Dougherty is on a treasure hunt. This
> >> treasure is information, not gold or silver. The information is
> >> about the Hopewell people who lived from eastern Kansas into
> >> Illinois and Ohio from approximately 50 B.C. to 500 A.D. Dougherty
> >> hopes to learn more about how far into Kansas these prehistoric
> >> people got by studying the artifacts they left behind.
> >>
> >>
> >
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