Comments on: Pego do Diabo (Loures, Portugal): Tracing the Final Days of Iberian Neanderthals http://anthropology.net/2010/01/27/pego-do-diabo-loures-portugal-tracing-the-final-days-of-iberian-neanderthals/ Beyond bones & stones Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tahir Hussain http://anthropology.net/2010/01/27/pego-do-diabo-loures-portugal-tracing-the-final-days-of-iberian-neanderthals/#comment-16657 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:51:28 +0000 http://anthropology.net/?p=3140#comment-16657 well iam tahir hussain bhutto
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]]> By: onyx http://anthropology.net/2010/01/27/pego-do-diabo-loures-portugal-tracing-the-final-days-of-iberian-neanderthals/#comment-16330 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:39:56 +0000 http://anthropology.net/?p=3140#comment-16330 i read through the article now, it’s not such a very nice site, its my impression its been disturbed in neolithic and historic periods, one of my personal fixes is that cave names tell something about their former fossil status, in that sense it is a great pitty, the name ‘of teh devil’ is obviously christian era, since finds suggesting an evolutionairy history for mankind were contrary to church dogmatics, were finds ‘of the devil’ and ie. fossils were cut of from stones used in churches, i think it is plausible this is one of those caves once cleared by religious fanatics, most probably for the sad reason that unacceptable human remains (‘of the devil’) have at one point been apparent. that is why i have a question, is it so that deposit speed of dusts and other components of the strata is analysed? standardly? as it could be telling about the circumstance of deposition of archaic remains , mostly if they were incidental (like eg arrow heads or the deposition of human remains on top of layer 2 (or was it 1?;) or a result of habitation. it might also provide some clues about earlier interference with the strata , be they historical or predating script and christianity. (wich is also the obvious case since it has been a neolithic burial site (interesting aspect that, makes me wonder what is beneath the neolithic burials in the other caves)) , and the extend of such intrusions wich after all carries a strong cultural dependance (the ‘funeral method’). my wild guess is that neolithic humans didnt carry a taboo about neanderthal remains (and in some cases may even have venerated ancient human remains or traces) but would still tend to use places that had obviously been used as burial sites before, for burials, whilst, well modern humans do. both in the sense of reusing sacred sites and in the sense of reusing burial grounds for no other purpose then new burials.

]]> By: onyx http://anthropology.net/2010/01/27/pego-do-diabo-loures-portugal-tracing-the-final-days-of-iberian-neanderthals/#comment-16329 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:53:49 +0000 http://anthropology.net/?p=3140#comment-16329 perhaps you think it is interesting to know that as a result of their culture the first arrivals of humans in australia coincides with several ash layers purported to be deliberate attempts of these early humans to clear the areas for hunting (from dense forest into a more plains like situation) it might also solve a little of how (expecially the bigger whence ecotopical niche dependend) species when extinct so quickly. it was probably not that they were hunted to extinction except perhaps a few very tasty species, (humans go for tasty species first) but that their whole ecosystem got disrupted by the deliberate firing.

]]> By: Wednesday Round Up #101 « Neuroanthropology http://anthropology.net/2010/01/27/pego-do-diabo-loures-portugal-tracing-the-final-days-of-iberian-neanderthals/#comment-16138 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:51:32 +0000 http://anthropology.net/?p=3140#comment-16138 [...] Jones, Pego do Diabo (Loures, Portugal): Tracing the Final Days of Iberian Neanderthals Anthropology.net has been posting up a lot of good stuff recently. I suggest you go check all their [...]

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