[meteorite-list] Destruction of the Hopewell civilization

Anne:

I was aware of this article, but thanks for the quote from it. So comets
have enough metal to make tools. I guess I have been wrong all these years!

Larry Lebofsky

On Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:22 AM Anne Black via Meteorite-list <
meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This was brought to my attention, but I had never heard of the event.
> Anyone?
>
>
> https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2022/02/did-comets-fiery-destruction-lead-to-downfall-of-ancient-hopewell.html
>
> One interesting line:
> *The Hopewell people collected the meteorites and forged malleable metal
> from them into flat sheets used in jewelry and musical instruments called
> pan flutes.*
>
> It would be interesting to hear more.
>
> Anne Black
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