[meteorite-list] New Paper about Göbekli Tepewith and the Younger Dryas Impact

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 21:14:32 -0500
Message-ID: <853c2025-3d22-918e-2083-cbfe31d26d7c_at_att.net>

A recent paper in Mediterranean Archaeology and
Archaeometry discusses the G?bekli Tepewith
Site in Turkey in the context of the Younger Dryas
Impact hypothesis. It is:

Sweatman MB, Tsikritsis D. Decoding G?bekli Tepewith
Archaeoastronomy: What Does the Fox Say?. Mediterranean
Archaeology and Archaeometry. 2017;17(1):233-50.

http://maajournal.com/Issues/2017/Vol17-1/Sweatman%20and%20Tsikritsis%2017%281%29.pdf
http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/files/33194700/MAA_TEMPLATE_Decoding_Gobekli_Tepe_final.pdf

Some comments on the paper can be found in

1. ?Academic Journal Runs Article Claiming G?bekli Tepe
Records Comet Strike, Misses Fact That Article Is Based
on Speculative Andrew Collins Book? by Jason Colavito,
April 22, 2017, at:

http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/academic-journal-runs-article-claiming-gobekli-tepe-records-comet-strike-misses-fact-that-article-is-based-on-speculative-andrew-collins-book

2. ?Archaeoastronomy, meteor showers, mass extinction:
What does the fox say? (And what the crane? The
aurochs?)? by Robert Kerr, The Tepe telegrams.

https://tepetelegrams.wordpress.com/2017/04/21/archaeoastronomy-meteor-showers-mass-extinction-what-does-the-fox-say-and-what-the-crane-the-aurochs/

and ?Ancient stone carvings confirm how comet struck
arth in 10,950BC, sparking the rise of civilisations,? Hall
of Ma?at messageboard at:

http://www.hallofmaat.com/read.php?1,611196

The paper seemed like an exercise in speculation
and personal opinion lacking a firm basis in evidence
and unconstrained by what other researchers
have published and documented.

They certainly failed to consider what modern
geologists have written in published peer-reviewed
articles in plain English in reference to Spokane /
Missoula Flood as seen in the statement:

"Analysis of the geology of the Scablands and
similar features across North America indicating
sudden melting of the Laurentide ice sheet and
immense flooding across large areas of North
America."

The fact of the matter is that the "analysis of the
geology of the Scablands and similar features
across North America" had shown that the
Laurentide ice sheet did **not** suddenly melt at
the time of their alleged impact. It has been
clearly demonstrated that there has been multiple
Missoula Floods over the past 1.5 to 2 million
years and that the significant flooding events
predate the hypothesized Younger Dryas Impact
event. At least, in respect to the Missoula Floods,
their ideas are unconstrained by the known
evidence.

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)
Received on Wed 26 Apr 2017 10:14:32 PM PDT