Archaeological potpourri

[Stan`]

Found this totally by accident: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1118356523659872&set=a.554138156748381

[Gurken Khan]

34 minutes ago, Stan` said:

Found this totally by accident:

Looks interesting. Since Fookbook insists on planting cookies I have no idea what it is.

[Stan`]

Ah my bad “Su Nuraxi in Sardinia is a settlement consisting of a 17th century BC nuraghe, a bastion of 4 corner towers plus a central one, and a village inhabited from the 13th to the 6th century BC, developed around the nuraghe. The 2nd image is what the settlement would have probably looked like”

No credits for the image.

[Gurken Khan]

Here's an interactive online tool with 300,00 km of Roman roads: https://itiner-e.org/

[Gurken Khan]

Yada, yada, yada: APX, Archäologischer Park Xanten, Colonia Ulpia Traiana

https://apx.lvr.de/en/index.html

[Gurken Khan]

7000-Year-Old Sunken Discovery Points to European Megalithic Construction Centuries Earlier Than Previously Thought

Off the western coast of France, archaeologists have discovered a sunken granite Mesolithic wall nine meters below sea level, which evidence suggests was constructed close to 7,000 years ago.

The 120-meter-long structure is one of several prehistoric artificial features of its era that have been found in the region, with other similar structures known to exist nearby. The discovery, which was made near Île de Sein in Brittany, was recently detailed in a study that appeared in the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology.

[Deicide4u]

1 hour ago, Gurken Khan said:

The 120-meter-long structure is one of several prehistoric artificial features of its era that have been found in the region

Just your average 120-meter long granite block built or carved by some ancient, primitive tribe thousands of years ago.

"Nothing suspicious about this, move along." - Mainstream archeology. 

[Genava55]

3 hours ago, Deicide4u said:

Just your average 120-meter long granite block built or carved by some ancient, primitive tribe thousands of years ago.

"Nothing suspicious about this, move along." - Mainstream archeology. 

I don't see why it should be unbelievable. It looks similar to the Blinkerwall structures in the Baltic Sea which was mostly used to trap animals.

Also the idea that hunter-gatherers were unable to build massive structure should be revised. See the Carnac stones for example.

Edited 4 hours ago by Genava55

[Deicide4u]

1 hour ago, Genava55 said:

Also the idea that hunter-gatherers were unable to build massive structure should be revised.

I very much agree, but more work and interest should go into these discoveries. And we shouldn't narrow the field by calling the people that built them hunter-gatherers. It's interesting that many massive structures are found in deep waters, while others are buried in sand or sediment.

This indicates that they were standing at least for 12 000 years, even before the last Ice age.

[Genava55]

1 hour ago, Deicide4u said:

This indicates that they were standing at least for 12 000 years, even before the last Ice age.

Not really, the dating of such structures is clearly falling in the Holocene. They are dating the underwater structures thanks to the dating of the environmental changes, notably a marine transgression in the case of Britanny.

1797401694_Fouquetetal_2025_IJNA.pdf

1 hour ago, Deicide4u said:

And we shouldn't narrow the field by calling the people that built them hunter-gatherers.

It is not undermining the consideration we have for them. It is simply a description of their lifestyle. Using another label requires proving they are not hunter-gatherers.

Edited 2 hours ago by Genava55