Originally posted by aorAki
How's your geological knowledge?
pretty good
And yours?
I guess more work needs to be done to see if there are any tool marks, any out of place items, check the talus slope for evidence etc.
Göbekli Tepe, Turkey
Built before we had invented pottery
Q: How do they know Gobekli Tepe is so old?
A: The archaeological team at Gobekli, working under Klaus Schmidt, has used radiocarbon analysis on the soils adhering to the stones. The analysis
shows that the main stones at Gobekli Tepe were erected between 10,000 and 9,000 BC. The characteristics of flint arrowheads found here confirm these
dates.
Q: How could hunter-gatherers build something so complex?
A: Farming did not start in this area until 8,000BC. It is therefore certain that hunter-gatherers did build Gobekli: there was no one else around.
Klaus Schmidt (right) speculates that large bands of hunters congregated here during the construction. (Bones and arrowheads support this thesis.)
They then dispersed, perhaps returning to Gobekli at specified times of the year.
pic
Q: Why was the site buried in 8,000 BC?
A: No one knows. But the way the dust is packed around the stones shows that Gobekli was entombed deliberately, and with some care.
Hunter gathers did carvings like this?... With what tools?
her is the site, uncovered and still buried graphic
Of course many archaeologists will tell you that it was built for 'religious purposes' though nothing at all was found at the site... no pottery, no
tools, no signs of human habitation... nothing but some bones and arrowheads that could have been dropped by later users ( I cannot find any study
that has dates the bones to the same time period)
Point is there are many secrets still buried
www.thelivingmoon.com...
Certainly though, volcanic outcrops can appear 'unnatural' to those predisposed to excitement!
Yes the flogged to death hexagonal cleavages of a specific form of basalt that RARELY forms the hexagonal columns (Giant's Causeway, Devil's
postpile, a few others) that skeptics ALWAYS use to make a point yet never ONCE have they offered proof of WHAT KING OF STONE is on site... is it
basalt? Is it granite? Is it softer sedimentary rock?
Granite does cleave into angular blocks... like these cliffs
BIG PICTURE
But as you see wind and water round off the edges in a few short years. The reason is granite consists of quartz (hard) feldspar (soft) and Biotite
Mica (flaky) so it erodes quickly and unevenly
You made the comment "How's your geological knowledge?" implying YOU have some..
Well show me a sample of granite blocks in nature that are as smooth and as square and so close together and we can talk about 'natural' Its easy to
say nature makes some interesting shapes... but you can't use basalt columns to compare to granite blocks and expect your 'geological knowledge' to
have any credibility, nor give you the ability to make an informed opinion if you don't even know the rock type of the site, or the processes that
effect that rock
I'll have another look, it's been a long time...
