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Anthropology

wnylib

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3. One thing that puzzles me about the discoveries at the Orkneys

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Oct 30, 2023, 08:04 AM

Oct 2023

is the age and sophistication of them in a region where the climate is not very hospitable. Why the Orkneys?

Is it just that warmer, more hospitable parts of mainland Britain have been so developed for so long that only the Orkneys still have recoverable materials from such ancient times?

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Orkney dig reveals ruins of huge Neolithic tomb [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2023 OP

Interesting read. Thanks, Judi Lynn. brer cat Oct 2023 #1

Looking forward to what they'll find up there next! Judi Lynn Oct 2023 #2

One thing that puzzles me about the discoveries at the Orkneys wnylib Oct 2023 #3

This is becoming so mysterious, as it's becoming clear so much happened in that area, thousands of years ago... Judi Lynn Nov 2023 #4

I wonder, too, if we might find that the climate was better there wnylib Nov 2023 #5