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D Gary Grady

(133 posts)

16. Neolithic = New Stone Age

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 11:48 PM

Nov 2012

Very interesting post! But with an odd assertion in the original Daily Mail article:

"Archaeologists have now uncovered tools, pottery, obsidian, silver and copper artifacts that date back to the Neolithic Age, which began in Greece began around 9,000 years ago, soon before the Stone Age."

"Neolithic Age" literally means "New Stone Age" -- i.e., the last part of the Stone Age -- so it can't very well be "soon before the Stone Age."

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Is this the real Hell ? [View all] dipsydoodle Nov 2012 OP

WTH is a "football pitch" and why must we measure using the sports field convention??? NYC_SKP Nov 2012 #1

soccer field? dhill926 Nov 2012 #2

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You mean Anglic and Americ? krispos42 Nov 2012 #6

No such thing as an American football pitch... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #21

Two nations blah blah dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #9

Is that MY football pitch, or Peyton Manning's??? lastlib Nov 2012 #13

I don't know, but the hell is as big as TWO of them! NYC_SKP Nov 2012 #14

Mr gut has great distance determination siligut Dec 2012 #18

Wow. 9000 year old artifacts. bluerum Nov 2012 #3

Meh. At the top of my street, while prepping the site for a new cell tower, Paleo-Indian artifacts Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #8

WOW!! Where, where??? BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2012 #11

So glad to learn about this place. Want to read as much as possible. This is so rare, isn't it? Judi Lynn Nov 2012 #4

Christian hell was also inspired by a real place Warpy Nov 2012 #7

Wow -- that's interesting, too! gateley Nov 2012 #15

Ancient Greek Cave Speaks of Hades Myth Judi Lynn Nov 2012 #10

I'm warming up to it. xtraxritical Nov 2012 #12

Neolithic = New Stone Age D Gary Grady Nov 2012 #16

marking this for a later read. progressoid Dec 2012 #17

Modern Hell is DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #19

Really? lilsourgoose Dec 2012 #20

Sounds like an Ancient Mall to me. RagAss Dec 2012 #22