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220 pages of results. 141. Ancient Transatlantic Contacts? A Review of Fell, Van Sertima, and Von Wuthenau [Journals] [Kronos]
... No. 1 (Fall 1977) Home | Issue Contents Ancient Transatlantic Contacts? A Review of Fell, Van Sertima, and Von Wuthenau Roger W. Wescott Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics Drew University, Madison, N. J. AMERICA B.C .: Ancient Settlers in the New World, by Barry Fell, A Demeter Press ... well written, well illustrated, and fascinating. Collectively, they present so much evidence of early African, Asian, and European visits to the Western Hemisphere that only hard-line archeological sceptics like England's Glyn Daniel continue to label all of it "rubbish."(l ) And even he is being challenged in his own bailiwick by the appearance ...
142. Megalithic Lunar Observatories -- A Critique [Journals] [Kronos]
... Megalithic man was able to accomplish this not inconsiderable feat, he would have had to develop fairly sophisticated mensuration techniques. This sophistication would seem much at variance with the established archaeological and anthropological model of an illiterate and innumerate society existing meagerly in a bleak and inhospitable environment. In order to circumvent this embarrassing dichotomy, Thom postulated the existence of ... a school or system of mathematical reasoning" responsible for the design, construction, and operation of these lunar observing stations. This proposal has been developed by his supporters into the paradigm of Megalithic Theocracy- the astronomer priesthood- organising and dominating their more humble brethren. The concept of this intellectual elite is, however, somewhat peripheral to the ...
143. The Bedrock of Myth [Articles]
... one can stomach the idea, occult factors. This may be true no matter how neatly mythical motifs coalesce into one composite image retrospectively, and no matter how well the archaeological finds discussed herein may seem to attest that coalescence. 2. The Nonexistent Sunlike Saturn In "The Sun of Night," published in Kronos in 1977, Dwardu ... , in which the content of myth is the most corrupted, elaborated, encrusted, concocted, and diversified. In addition, there are numerous philological, astronomical, and astrological works, belonging to the later period, and a series of glossaries of varyingly encyclopedic nature, compiled at various dates. The latter supply much if not most of ...
144. Scientific Dating Methods In Ruins [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... of the New York Academy of Science 288 (New York, 1977): 173. 10. Robert E. Lee, "Radiocarbon: Ages in Error," Anthropological Journal of Canada 19: 3, (1981): 25. 11. Ibid., p. 27. 12. R. Stuckenrath, "Radiocarbon: ... 99.8 %] chance (three standard deviations) of lying between 850 and 1150 [years] BP. Many problems have been encountered in applying radiocarbon dating to archeology. First, in practice, the vast majority of results have a standard deviation greater than [50] years. (4 ) A radiocarbon date with a standard ...
... to do so on condition that his audience read Earth in Upheaval beforehand. So, on November 30, he spoke on "The Common Frontier of Geology with Astronomy, Archaeology and Folklore". (5 ) After his presentation he talked with Harry A. Hamilton Hess, the chairman of the Princeton geology department and of the Space Science ... Hissarlik (Troy) it had occurred to Schaeffer that his Ugarit and Blegen's Troy, more than 500 miles apart, seemed to have been destroyed simultaneously. He surveyed the archeological reports of site destructions throughout the Mediterranean and Near Eastern region and concluded that the evidence was incontrovertible that the area had been the subject of repeated natural destruction on a ...
146. Polymathics and Catastrophism: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Problems of Evolutionary Theory [Journals] [Kronos]
... Fall 1978) Home | Issue Contents Polymathics and Catastrophism: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Problems of Evolutionary Theory Roger W. Wescott The initially intended title of this essay was "Anthropology and Catastrophism". Being an unusually broad discipline, anthropology, though centered in the social studies, overlaps substantially into both the humanities and the life sciences. Moreover ... it embraces several highly distinctive subdisciplines, of which the most widely recognized in America are: ethnology, prehistoric archeology, human biology, and linguistics. Nonetheless, broad as anthropology is, I soon found it too narrow to deal adequately with the subject of the role of global catastrophes in shaping the evolution of our planet, our forebears, ...
147. Did Thutmose III Despoil the Temple in Jerusalem? [Journals] [SIS Review]
... of the name of Megiddo, a city in the Plain of Esdraelon well known from the Old Testament. At the time when this identification was suggested and accepted, Palestinian archaeology was still in its infancy. Since then, however, an evergrowing number of Canaanite cities of that period have been excavated, partly with their sanctuaries still intact. ... University of Tel Aviv. She has published articles in numerous journals, including JEA, JNES, Beth Mikra and KRONOS. This paper is based on one submitted to the Anthology of essays presented to Dr Velikovsky by the Center for Velikovskian and Interdisciplinary Studies, Glassboro, N.J ., on December 5th, 1975 and edited by Robert ...
148. Chapter 8 Mesopotamia and Ghost Empires [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... Pillars of the Past 247 Nevertheless, Professor Stiebing has invoked these king lists to criticize Velikovsky's historical revision of Bronze Age chronology in Mesopotamia, which he presented in the Biblical Archaeology Review (Dec. 1976), p. 43; this was reprinted in KRONOS, vol. VII, no. 3 (1982), pp. 72-74 ... in southern Turkey have been attributed to the Medes, . . ." 31 With regard to their sites, Oppenheim admits, "the Medes — left us but scanty archeological evidence."32 As Charles Burney explains, "In all three [sites] are buildings which can plausibly be associated with a local clan chief. . . ...
149. The Saturn Myth: A Tentative Physical Model [Journals] [Aeon]
... come into real existence, evolved, and disappeared- are yet to be evaluated, and such an evaluation requires an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together the facts of anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, geology, geophysics and planetology into a new synthesis. (2 ) 2. Prelude Millennia ago one of the gas supergiants, parents of the planets ... could have come into real existence, evolved, and disappeared- are yet to be evaluated, and such an evaluation requires an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together the facts of anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, geology, geophysics and planetology into a new synthesis. (2 ) 2. Prelude Millennia ago one of the gas supergiants, parents of ...
150. The Nature and Origin of Comets and the Evolution of Celestial Bodies (Part II) [Journals] [Kronos]
... of the planets. This must all be done in a context consistent with data (although not necessarily with uniformitarian theory) in other fields such as geology, biology, archaeology, anthropology, etc. III a) Sources of Comet Nuclei One source of comet nuclei has been identified as the dispersive spray of small conglomerates being ejected from the ... forming twin star systems at the base of the galactic arm.(2 ) Another possible source, which explains the existence of families of comets arriving from the same directions in space,(3 ) is the stellar nova. This is also the logical place to look for asteroidal type bodies which are ejected into interstellar space at high velocity ...
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