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P A G E 2 Information control (cont.) Virginia Steen-McIntyre P A G E 2 Calico lithic quality While mainstream anthropology is preoccupied with reminder physical appearances and genetics, calling them a The European Nebra sky disk has been called ’different species,’ Tom Baldwin brings the focus back to John Feliks by UNESCO the “oldest concrete depiction of what is most important regarding the Denisovans —their P A G E 3 a cosmic phenomenon worldwide.” However, fully modern technological and artistic culture. P.10 . PC engineer, rock art theorist and paleoastro- Upholding the nomer Ray Urbaniak has discovered a dupli- Chris Hardaker’s On 200,000-year old cate of the disk’s Pleiades cluster (7 stars) on an Suppression is a startling dates for Calico Arizona Paiute Reservation petroglyph. Euro- document of how anthro- (PCN reprint series) centric history is facing another challenge. p.13 . pology deals with problem sites. p.16 . Jim Bischoff PAGE 5 Member news and other information Dragos Gheorghiu, Archaeologist Virginia Steen-McIntyre, Vesna Tenodi (MA) reminds Ray Urbaniak, David Campbell organizing A reminder of the PCN readers that false Marshall Payn , an Terry Bradford, avocational lithic collectors and quality of Calico’s raising the bar for a community science is never good no influential U.S. citizen artifacts—the pub- John Feliks with potential to make a big matter how ‘politically’ taking the anthropology lic needs to know. P A G E 7 difference in science truth. p.7 . good it may sound. p.19 . bull by the horns. p.2 . John Feliks , p.2. Familiarity breeds content Information control By Virginia Steen-McIntyre, PhD, volcanic ash specialist David Campbell Coincidence? be open to everyone. However, in seminal work leading to discov- P A G E 1 0 Fred Budinger’s case, it appears ery of the famous “black smok- I was working on my computer that membership is not open ers” phenomenon ‘Modern-level’ this afternoon (November 12), to anyone who keeps remind- [hydrothermal Denisovan culture trying to re- 40-50,000 years ago ing those in power that the vents] on the duce somewhat Calico site is extremely old— ocean floor via Tom Baldwin the stack of c. c. 200,000 years old—even if they the research 300 unan- were Curator of the Site for 12 submersible P A G E 1 3 Geochemist swered years and Director for 8 years! Alvin . In ar- Dating a remark- Jim Bischoff emails. One chaeology, Jim able petroglyph site on Calico p.3 . was from a (BTW, the old dates for Calico proved the rapid through visual clues former director which are aggressively being replacement of Neanderthals Ray Urbaniak of the Calico Early Man Site blocked have been repeatedly by H. sapiens in Spain.) (outside Barstow, California), confirmed including by such P A G E 1 6 Fred E. Budinger Jr. —Curator, outstanding scientists as USGS See the following PCN articles by On Suppression 1974–1986, and geochemist, Jim Bischoff, PhD. Fred detailing exactly how the Project Director, See Jim’s article, Upholding the destruction of Calico and its per- Chris Hardaker 2000–2008—i.e. a 200,000-year old dates for Calico, ceived value in the public’s mind (posthumously) service association PCN #13, Sept-Oct 2011. We have been choreographed by an P A G E 1 9 of over 20 years. It reproduce the article in this issue out of control mainstream science Aboriginal industry now seems that on p.3 . Jim’s credentials are community. It includes destruc- dictatorship and Fred is not even allowed to be a impeccable and include manag- tion of over 60,000 artifacts includ- AU archaeology ‘member’ of the Friends of Calico ing the United States Geological ing ones already accepted and group. His membership check Survey [USGS] in its participa- catalogued: Protecting Calico Vesna Tenodi was returned. Friends of Calico is tion in the Deep Ocean Mining (PCN #17, May-June 2012; a 501(c)(3) organization. Mem- Environmental Study, a.k.a. Saving Calico Early Man Site bership in a 501(c)(3) should the DOMES program, as well as > Cont. on page 2
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[Part 2 of “Protecting Calico” geology, chemistry, paleon- “Saving Calico in the same issue of PCN ]. tology, and archaeology, “Saving Calico Early Man Site” not to mention 50 years of Early Man Site features Budinger’s interview research and writing, appar- features a with the new Director telling ently did not qualify me to transcript of exactly how the artifacts— write my own paper. Budinger’s in- with their painted data labels Hmm. A couple of examples being brazenly scraped off— of information control here? Marshall Payn ; philanthropist, engineer, terview were then These two recent incidents 35-yr veteran of archaeological research, with discarded pilot, award-winning documentary film the indiscrimi- brought back memories of Producer (Emmy), and owner of 23 busi- new nately against when I tried to have some- nesses, was blocked from co-authoring a archaeologi- one build a personal website scientific report on the 250,000-yr old Direc- cal protocol. for me, gratis. I didn’t know Hueyatlaco Site, Puebla, Mexico. tor tell- how to do it and didn’t have The same the money to pay someone. VIRGINIA S TEEN -MCINTYRE , PhD, is ing ex- afternoon I I tried this three times with a volcanic ash specialist; found- actly read an email different webmasters. Each ing member of the Pleistocene from philan- Coalition; and copy editor, au- how time, for various reasons, Fred E. Budinger Jr — thropist Mar- thor, and scientific consultant for the ar- the website was taken down. archaeologist, 12-yr curator shall Payn. We Pleistocene Coalition News . She and 8-yr Project Director Lately, I went online to try to tifacts were planning began her lifelong association (after famed anthropologist find my English translation of with the Hueyatlaco early man and on writing a Dr. Louis Leakey), Calico Early Juan Armenta Camacho’s site in Mexico in 1966. Her story their Man Site, and upholder of short article 1978 classic Spanish paper of suppression—now well-known Leakey’s and USGS’ 200,000- on our ver- on the Valsequillo area, i.e. in the science community—was data— yr old dates for the site— sion of the worked bones and artifacts. first brought to public attention includ- denied Calico membership. Hueyatlaco/ in Michael Cremo’s and Richard ing the Gone. Don’t know if it’s even Thompson’s classic tome, Forbid- Valsequillo on the Internet anymore. saga for an establishment jour- den Archeology , which was fol- painted labels lowed by a central appearance in nal. “No,” we are not allowed All this is to point out how on each arti- the NBC special, Mysterious Origins to write such an article fragile information can be that fact being bra- of Man in 1996, hosted by unless they had one of “their” is just stored on a computer. I Charlton Heston. The program zenly “scraped people write it. We would be trust some of you have taken was aired twice on NBC with off”—were allowed to make suggestions my advice and are making mainstream scientists attempt- ing to block it. then, indis- but not write our own arti- paper copies of the Pleisto- cle. My PhD in tephrochro- cene Coalition News newslet- All of Virginia’s articles in PCN criminately nology (volcanic ash), field ter as new issues become can be accessed directly at the discarded.” experience in the U.S. and available? The day may come following link: Mexico as well as working when you can no longer ac- http://www.pleistocenecoalition.com/ with leaders in cess PCN online! ... –VSM #virginia_steen_mcintyre
A reminder public lands in an article titled stone blade from Calico in Cali- of the quality VanLandingham Responds to fornia dated 50,000–200,000 of Calico’s Calico Destruction . One of the years old (photographed and artifacts excuses Dr. Schroth gave for catalogued by archaeologist and doing so was her mainstream- PC founding member the late In PCN #18, trained echoing that Calico’s Chris Hardaker) with a virtually July-August artifacts were not artifacts at identical blade from the famous 2012, Pleisto- all but mere “rocks.” To en- site of Brassempouy in France, cene Coalition courage PCN readers to look dated 22,000–29,000 years old. founding mem- at this matter Readers can judge the objectiv- ber, famed dia- for them- ity of scientists who claim that tomist and ge- selves I made the Calico specimens were made ologist Dr. Sam the compari- by nature while the European L. VanLanding- son figure at specimens are fully-accepted as ham after Fred left for Reviv- made by man . Top: Artifact #16605 Budinger’s arti- ing the Calico from Hardaker’s Calico Lithics Pho- cle published his of Louis tographic Project ( PCN #6, July- August 2010). Bottom: Flint blade response to the Leakey, Part 1 from Brassempouy (public domain). (PCN #21, Jan-Feb 2013) and wanton destruc- Dr. Leakey, familiar with artifacts tion of evidence by then Calico in the present form for Part 3: worldwide, was fully confident in Director, Dr. Adele Schroth. He Audio clips from Leakey’s 1970 those from Calico despite ongoing explained the illegality of Calico talk (PCN #39, Jan-Feb attempts by mainstream scientists destroying artifacts on U.S. 2016). Readers can compare a to> denounceCont. on them page as “geofacts.” 12 –jf
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Revisiting PCN #13, September-October 2011 (w/minor corrections to figure numbering)
Upholding the 200,000-year old dates for Calico
Jim Bischoff, PhD Geochemist, USGS
Introduction criticism of his dates. Jim ground-water flow along the has not received a reply base of the fan. I observed “It is not a Since its discovery by Louis from her. We offer the letter several other examples of Leakey in the 1960s, the rock as you without comment, except to this coating at the same ages for the deposits at the note that whoever is right, general level as the dated assert. It Calico Early Man Site, located the site is over four times to sample. I examined the field just off I15 near as much as seventeen times relations carefully and am Barstow, Cali- older than Clovis, and convinced of this interpreta- fornia ( Fig. 1 ), speaks to a very early arrival tion of the context. Thus, the have been the of humans in the Americas. calcite is younger than the subject of con- emplacement of the fan! The troversy. While coating is delicate and would the site’s first On February 22, 2011, Jim Bischoff wrote: not have survived any trans- three directors port had it formed prior to including To: rensys- deposition of the clasts. The Leakey all held [email protected] carbonate is demonstrably to ages of not a pedogenic caliche 50KBP for the From: Jim Bischoff formed prior to deposition, upper layers
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not the age of the ground U.S. Geological Survey ms/470 and the plate tectonics of the water as you state. Soluble 345 Middlefield Rd. Gulf of California. His experimen- trace amounts of uranium Menlo Park, CA 94025 tal work with the “temperature of squeezing effect” is now the in the ground water are co- https://profile.usgs.gov/jbischoff basis for all pore fluid diagenetic precipitated with the calcite studies. Bischoff managed the at the time of precipitation. USGS participation in the DOMES “I take The daughter isotope of Th program (Deep Ocean Mining is insoluble in ground wa- On July 22, 2011, Jim Environmental Study) in the great care in ter, thus the U/Th clock is Bischoff wrote to VSM equatorial Pacific and organized determining reset to zero at the time of [Dr. Virginia Steen-McIntyre]: several oceanographic expedi- tions to the SE Pacific. His work pre- the context “Hello with the process of seawater- of samples cipita- Ginger: basalt interaction became widely tion. that I select recognized as a major new part There- Here is of the geochemical cycle. Later in the field. fore, the work led to the prediction of There is your website massive sulfide deposits at sea- asser- with floor discharge sites of heated simply too seawater and eventual discovery tion that Ren’s much labor of the famous black smokers and the re- heresy massive sulfides by an expedi- involved in sults to tion using the research sub- obtaining a date which mersible Alvin . only the my good U-series Bischoff was the first American ura- Photo 800; courtesy of Fred Budinger. email date to ignore Fig. 3. to participate on a Soviet nium- was oceanographic expedition and questions rich ground waters is not directed: was twice Special Guest of the correct. Soviet Academy of Sciences. about how http://www.meetup.com/ the date I have had much experi- Friends-of-Calico-Early-Man-Site/ Bischoff was awarded the Gold- relates to ence in dating secondary messages/boards/ schmidt Medal of the Geochemi-
thread/8901492/. and primary calcites in ar- cal Society in 1999. He is a Pro- the age of fesseur Associe Honoraire of the cheological sites, mostly in associated I recently repeated the U- Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Spain in deposits of even series analysis on a smaller Paris and invited Distinguished artifacts or greater age than Calico. purer sub sample of the Researcher at the Instituto de bones.” Let me assure you that I calcite Geología, take great care in deter- rind, Barcelona, mining the context of sam- using Spain, ples that I select in the the lat- where he assisted field. There is simply too est ICP- Spanish much labor involved in ob- mass colleagues taining a good U-series spec in estab- date to ignore questions technol- lishing a about how the date relates ogy. U-series to the age of associated The dating artifacts or bones. result- labora- tory. ing date Regarding the geology of is In parallel the fan, it is tightly folded Fig. 4. Photo 796; courtesy of Fred Budinger. amaz- with his into an anticline and syn- ing marine cline with some significant work, Bischoff has pursued close to the earlier alpha offsets along faults that cut studies of paleoclimate and spec value on the bulk the fan. Your assertion of human evolution by U-series sample of ca 205 kyrs....” 45,000 yrs for the age of isotopes as well as developing new dating techniques. His emplacement just doesn't study of rock shelters in north- seem enough time for such JIM B ISCHOFF is Geochemist ern Spain showed that the tectonic modifications to emeritus, USGS. During his dis- Neanderthals had been have taken place, nor for tinguished career of over 40 abruptly replaced by modern the degree of internal years he has specialized in the humans 40,000 years ago. weathering of the clasts. geochemistry of marine and lake
sediments, seafloor geothermal Sincerely, systems, hydrothermal ore de- posits, and climate change. He Jim Bischoff has made contributions in car- bonate diagenesis, lunar geo- James L. Bischoff, Geolo- chemistry, pore-water chemistry, gist Emeritus the Red Sea geothermal system,
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Experimental archaeolo- For a fictional por- (Science 28 September gist and pyrotechnics trayal of shamanism in 2017, eaao6266, DOI: “This is expert, Professor Dra- prehistoric North America 10:1126/science. sweet music gos Gheorghiu, PhD see editor Tom Baldwin’s Aa06266). Using traditional and new approaches, they (National Univ. of Arts, Bucha- popular book, The Evening to our estimate the time of the first rest, Romania) and colleagues and the Morning . ears because modern human population announce their new book, As another appropriate seg- divergence to be between Archaeological Ap- way between the topic of sha- 260,000 and 350,000 years proaches to Shamanism . manism and this issue of ago, WAY earlier than has It includes authors from PCN’s rekindling of the Calico been assumed for the emer- Europe, site protection dilemma and gence of modern Homo Africa, and U.S. archaeology fiasco see sapiens in general. This esti- Asia. Gheor- Patrick Lyons’ review of mate “coincides with ana- ghiu is au- Baldwin’s book in PCN #7, tomical developments of thor of the Sept-Oct 2017. PCN #7 archaic humans into modern following was our First Anniversary humans as represented in PCN articles Issue and contains classic the local fossil record.” This (PCN has PCN writing showing the is sweet music to our ears also featured several commitment and determina- because it adds yet another reports on Gheorghiu’s tion of PCN’s authors main- group of ancient people— fascinating large-scale taining the very same mes- along with Homo erectus and experimental land art sage seven years later only Neanderthals—who could archaeology work which now with 50 issues and nearly easily have made their way can be accessed here: a thousand pages of evidence, to the Americas and so ac- http://pleistocenecoalition.com/ it adds yet facts, and objective perspec- #Dragos_archaeologist_artist_pyro- count for the 50-year sup- tive. The issue even contains another techn ): pressed evidence of people group of an- the PCN #50 appropriate topic living at Calico in California cient peo- From PCN #43: As the divid- about the current destruction and Valsequillo in Mexico up ing line between Paleolithic efforts perpetrated upon Cal- to 250,000 years ago. ple—along and Neolithic cultures contin- ico Early Man Site by the U.S. with Homo ues to erode and more and archaeological community. It What the mainstream does- erectus and more once-thought-Neolithic is one of the worst examples n’t realize is that in its rush- ing to push dates farther and Neander- inventions such as pottery of science and shows how turn out to be Paleolithic in low quality dogmatic anthro- farther back in time it is pro- thals—who origins the whole picture of pology penetrates to the viding more support that the could easily what ancient people were like point of destruction any- original USGS Valsequillo have made continues to change dramati- where in the world. It was dates in the late 1960’s were right all along. Geologists their way to cally (e.g., see Gheorghiu’s already epitomized in Chris recent article, Göbekli Tepe: A Hardaker’s “The Abomination don’t have any reason to the Americas hunter-gatherers’ architectural of Calico” in that issue. force-fit the dates to a mere and so ac- world map , in PCN #41, May- 20,000, 50,000, or even “With “Evening Star” reluc- count for the June 2016). See also Gheor- “115,000” years. As ex- tantly assuming the duties plained regularly across 50 rigorous ghiu’s article, Experiencing a prehistoric ritual, in PCN #40, of shaman in her tribe at issues of PCN the USGS ge- though sup- March-April 2016. Gheorghiu’s Calico 185,000 years ago…” ologists have never doubted their high-quality and high pressed evi- archaeological artistic vi- Ancient genomes from dence of sions—well-known in Europe— integrity work. They simply South Africa now prompt did their jobs of objectively people living are often on a grand ‘geographic’ scale but also estimates of modern dating the discovered mate- at Calico in deal with the intimacies of human divergence 260– rials and sites. Only the ar- California human mind and spirituality. 350,000 years ago chaeologists and anthropolo- gists have fought to block and Valse- By Virginia Continuing in the the facts and this is all for a Steen-McIntyre quillo Mexico shamanism vein , see single reason. They were up to also PCN #45 (Jan-Feb 2017) A round dozen pre-committed to the idea 250,000 for editor David Campbell’s authors from that early people such as years ago.” take on the recent contro- South Africa and Neanderthals or Homo erec- versial re-interpretation Sweden, led by tus (or for that matter even -VSM of the famous Les Trois- Carina M. Schie- early Homo sapiens ) could Freres prehistoric busch present never have made it to the “shaman” or sorcerer, in genome sequences for seven New World. –VSM his review titled, Paleolithic ancient individuals from ______Polyphemus : A review . KwaZulu-Natal South Africa > Cont. on page 6
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Engineer, rock art re- idea was for the PC to publish by any other animal including Quick links to searcher and preserva- in its newsletter/journal PCN, the ‘human-like’ chimpanzees. main articles tionist Ray Urbaniak , rigorous non-mainstream work The crows follow a multi-stage and evidence blocked by the process to produce a stick with in PCN #49: sends news on the startup of his new website called Sacred above-named fields with the a “neatly-shaped hooked tip.” P A G E 2 Rock Art. Among articles’ authors pro- The researchers also point out A few words about other aspects of viding links back to that the hook is widely re- the late Chris Har- the site, page 3 the Pleistocene Coali- garded as “one of humankind’s daker and Charles contains a nicely tion and Pleistocene most important innovations.” W. Naeser done sequence Coalition News . Link- Virginia Steen-McIntyre with links to all ing is the way to in- crease the presence Condolences from of Ray’s articles in of challenging voices readers on passing complete issues on the Internet. It is of Chris Hardaker of Pleistocene an essential part of Our readers Coalition News : Complete list the PC idea. Occa- P A G E 3 with links to Ray sionally, authors may A life defending Urbaniak’s PCN use PCN as promo- archaeological tion with PCN and the Fig. 1. Apart from those articles (http:// Link to PCN #49 made by humans beginning truth: Remember- platinum.stipy.com/ Pleistocene Coalition ing Chris Hardaker linking to their web- in the Middle Paleolithic, New page/3/). This is exactly how Caledonian crows are the John Feliks sites and books while forget- the Pleistocene Coalition was only other animal known to P A G E 4 proposed to work in 2009. It ting the balancing half of how fashion “hooks” from ele- the coalition idea works. One Member news and was set up as a ments in their environment. thing to keep in mind other information means to create Photo: James St. Clair. as to what PCN is up Dragos Gheorghiu, a community against is that main- So how is this information re- Terry Bradford, Bonnye large enough to stream anthropology lated to early humans? It has Matthews, Ray Urba- take on the has 150 years of myth to do with one of the article’s niak, John Feliks mainstream aca- demic monopoly about human prehis- conclusions comparable with P A G E 7 and its practice of tory presented as fact some toolmaking techniques Geochronology at suppressing evi- to defend. This is why of Paleolithic people in that Hueyatlaco: How dence conflicting they feel the need to carefully-made tools in certain solid geochronol- with mainstream block any evidence situations may not be neces- ogy got trashed ideas. Suppres- that challenges their sary and that quickly-made (reprint PCN #11, 2011) sion is done so ideas. Ray’s new tools might be just as good for Charles W. Naeser that ideas such website w/links to the job at hand. They found P A G E 1 0 as ‘no early hu- Link to PCN #48 PCN helps to counter- that adult crows regularly used Hand-axes dredged mans in the balance the suppres- a “sloppier” technique than the up in the U.K. Who Americas’ or that ‘early hu- sion of evidence the public has younger birds but which often made them? Part 2 mans were less intelligent never been allowed to see. produced equally good results. One Paleolithic human exam- Richard Dullum and than modern humans’ could Psychologist Terry Kevin Lynch be promoted to the public as ple was covered by PC found- if they were facts. Bradford, PhD , sends a ing member and 30-year P A G E 1 3 report concerning some very professional archaeologist, Up from ‘arrahead’ Coalition is also a way to break interesting observations on the late Chris Hardaker as hunter out from both mainstream the tool making skills of New Bipolar Corner in PCN #36, David Campbell anthropology’s and the ama- Caledonian crows ( Fig. 1 ). July-August 2015, prior to the P A G E 1 6 teur community’s tendency New Caledonia is an island in original crow study in Biology Oral tradition and to produce scores of ‘lone the South Pacific. The article, Letters 12-23-15: “I thought beyond, Part 2 wolves” each out for their own “Study Provides Insights into I knew lithics. I didn’t. Bipolar causes yet unaware that How New Caledonian Crows Make Ray Urbaniak punched a huge hole in the even if increasingly success- Their Hooked Stick Tools” ( sci- paradigm I used in the field P A G E 1 7 ful it would not be enough to news.com 12-10-17), provides to discern artifacts from geo- Golden mean sup- stand against the large num- a quick overview of research- facts… Us humans have used port for Urbaniak’s ber of predisposed academic ers’ work at the University of this technique since day one. ‘horns & emotions’ journals and mainstream St Andrews, Scotland, who have ... In a nutshell, bipolar flaking John Feliks media venues. Coalition is recently discovered how the is a technique which involves P A G E 1 8 an effective way to challenge crows make “one of their most breaking a rock such as a cob- the three sciences which have sophisticated tool designs.” The Lost World found ble between two other rocks. again controlled public beliefs about tool is the “hook,” which, apart The result is that many differ- human prehistory for over a from the work of human beings ent potential tools can be made Vesna Tenodi century: anthropology, biol- beginning a mere “90,000 years all at once.” Sometimes the ogy, and paleontology. The ago,” has never been produced quick option is the best one. –jf
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Familiarity breeds content
By David Campbell
“In 1978, Recently, the administra- then collections. enough, tor of my email service I’ve also bolded other col- Emma Lou sent me a notice that my the site loca- lectors had Davis… quota of storage was tions. been ig- proposed about to exceed the limit. nored If that oc- The establish- when they curred I would ment of my web- showed site and its vari- Fig. 2. Unfluted lanceolate. Rose no longer re- Anderson; Caney Creek, Texas. similar ceive email or ous stages of artifacts to send any out. development archaeolo- An immediate were laid out like gists sur- purge of dross a log book with veying the was strongly forgotten photos area for a suggested. I’d never posted reservoir This proved to thinking them project. be a lengthy dubious but not And to the process but a quite deletable. chagrin of that un- valuable one that took me all This was a one who fluted and the way back to Y2K. It’s good thing. found an stemmed often reported that your Later, I was 18,000 whole life surprised to year old flashes before learn when artifact you in a dire showing some of himself crisis and in a these to an ar- there, he sense that’s chaeologist con- received what hap- sidered to be treatment pened if you Fig. 3. Unfluted stem point from below similar to the foremost Clovis horizon. Gault site, Texas. consider the expert on lithics the collec- Internet a life. sources in tors when he wrote Most of the Texas, that some even I’d up a report stuff squir- on it. reled away in considered those files ‘geofacts’ were If there’s coincided with genuine arti- any moral the birth of a facts. And sur- to be serious inter- prisingly, some drawn est in all he had formerly from this things ancient, considered story, it the more products of is: keep mysterious bridge construc- what you taking prece- tion, upon closer find; take dence. A great examination photos, in many mes- turned out to be the con- a prehistoric Fig. 4. Unfluted lanceolate. Henry Fig. 1. Unfluted Clovis, Malibu, California. sages con- Helene; China Lake, California. text you tained images blade cache find them, points had of artifacts and odd rocks I’d from a Central if possible; get second, preceded found and inquiries to others Texas source hundreds of third and even fourth opin- miles away. the iconic of their origin and nature. ions from professionals and There were an equal number knowledgeable laymen; fluted Other photos taken by a of messages from others friend near the same area and hang on to what Clovis doing likewise ( Figs. 1–11 ). created quite a stir among you’ve got because opin- point.” I have arranged them show- Texas archaeologists when I ions can change with time. ing single points first fol- forwarded them for their In the meantime, educate lowed by a site cache, and expert opinion. Oddly > Cont. on page 8
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yourself. Not all education, or even most will be spoon-fed to you in an educational insti- tution. Most of the really important information you need—especially if it is of a kind that does not conform to the current consen- Fig. 8. Axe heads or handaxes. Andrea sus model—will in- Ryan; North Sulphur River, Texas. volve a lot of re- search on your own part. And, of Fig. 5. Buckeye Knoll cache. Victoria, Texas on the Gulf Coast. course, you will have to learn the jargon to be able to recognize valuable information when you find it. And though you may not agree with it, you must famil- iarize yourself with the issues that sur- round your particu- lar interest. The information you Fig. 9. Chert blade, quartzite tool, unfluted seek may be in stem point, and dart points. Andrea Ryan; plain sight though North Sulphur River, Central Texas. you might be un- aware of its existence. stemmed points had pre- This was brought home ceded the iconic fluted to me as I continued to Clovis point. This was review my old emails and based upon her own dis- 15/16" (24mm) archived folders. coveries at China Lake, and those of her team of sur- There I found an article Fig. 6. Kaw River, Kansas, Pygmy artifacts and skull casts. veyors, together with her Neal Steede, Mesoamerican archaeologist. See Neil’s site arti- by Tony Baker written in mentor Marie Wormington’s cles in PCN #35, May-June, 2015 , and PCN #36, July-August . 2009 concerning the pre- catalog of unfluted points cursors of the Clovis from Mexico, South Amer- fluted point. In it he ica and across the United noted that the pre-Clovis States. Tony then posed technology had been the question why had no- known for a long time body heard of this informa- before the recent pre- tion from two thoroughly Clovis controversies be- experienced, credentialed, gan. In 1978, Emma Lou and well known profession- Davis—whom I profiled in als? He concluded that it an article called Emma was because it did not fit Lou Davis: Mojave mav- the current model and erick, 1905–1988 ( PCN therefore received little or #31, Sept-Oct 2014—our no mention in professional Fifth Anniversary Is- literature. It died of malign sue)—published The An- neglect on the shelves of cient Californians: Ran- public libraries. cholabrean Hunters of Imagine my surprise when Fig. 7. Unidentified and unprovenanced points found by the Mojave Lakes Coun- Ryan Escarcega; U.S. non-specific Pacific Northwest. try. In it she proposed further delving in my ar- that unfluted and > Cont. on page 9
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chives turned up photos of Had I the knowledge to have demonstrated here unfluted stemmed points document my artifacts with my biographies Cyrus found beneath the Clovis carefully when I found Ray ( Cyrus the Great: horizon Cyrus Newton Ray at the 1880–1966 ( PCN world #37, Sept-Oct “Tony then famous 2015—our Sixth Gault Anniversary Issue) posed the site; dou- and other avocation- question ble als who became re- why had pointed spected by main- nobody points stream archaeology from due to their dili- heard of Hueyat- gence and drive, it this laco, has been done be- information Mexico, fore. from two and South It’s probably a good thoroughly America; idea to start earlier experienced, Buckeye than I did but if I credentialed, Knoll on have given anyone a head start in that and well the Texas Gulf direction by relating known Coast, a my experiences I profession- couple will rest content. als? He I’d found concluded here near my home that it was in North DAVID C AMPBELL is an because it Texas, author/historian and an did not fit and one Fig. 10. A few examples from the author’s Caney Creek, Texas , investigator of geological the current a friend collection: Unfluted lanceolate point (center), Alibates flint fragment, or manmade altered had broken Gary points, perforated artifact. Photo: David Campbell. stone anomalies or large model and found natural structures which therefore near China Lake, California. them I could make my own may have been used by early Americans. He also has a work- received Now if those found by the case convincingly. This is ing knowledge of various little or no profes- issues regarding the sionals peopling of the Ameri- mention in were ig- cas. Along with Virginia professional nored Steen-McIntyre and Tom literature.” what Baldwin, Campbell is reception one of the core copy editors of Pleistocene would Coalition News . Camp- mine and bell has also written those of fourteen prior articles for my PCN which can be found friends at the following link: receive? http:// None at pleistocenecoalition.com/ all based index.htm#anarchaeology upon experi- Author’s website: anarchaeology.com ence. But I’m hold- ing on to them Fig. 11. Levallois points. Rick Doninger; Iowa . For details on Doninger’s anyway, massive southern Indiana collection see Levallois lithic technology because in the USA ( PCN #34, March-April 2015) and Part 2 in PCN #35. the times they are a-changing and possible through the stew- they might become quite ardship program here in useful to a future someone Texas and, no doubt, else- in making their case. where as well. And as I
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Update and review of ‘modern-level’ Denisovan
culture c. 40–50,000 years ago By Tom Baldwin
In two prior articles I re- what we can call ideal living Most archaeologists would tell ported on the unexpect- conditions, one surmises you these early people were “Much time edly-advanced techno- that it was only occupied just a bunch of grunting sav- has since logical and artistic culture randomly and not a full time ages that sat around a fire at of the Denisovan home for people. However the night tossing skulls in the air. people. They lived in cold refrigerator-like condi- They had no aesthetic values. southern Siberia 40– tions have proven very bene- They were too primitive for 50,000 years ago (see ficial in preserving the DNA that. Beauty Denisovan bracelet: found in bones left behind Advanced technologi- in the various layers. For cal skills in early hu- instance, scientists had man groups is still been unable to sequence resisted , PCN #35, the DNA of Neanderthals May-June 2015; and, until a toe bone of one was passed and Those pesky Denisovans , found in the Denisova Cave the main- PCN #43, Sept-Oct. 2016— with well-preserved ge- stream, fo- our 7th Anniversary Issue). netic material. Fig. 2. The Denisovan needle was far cused pri- Much time has since passed and A finger bone of a female earlier and more sophisticated than marily on the mainstream, focused pri- child was also found and those of Homo sapiens thousands of marily on the physical nature the DNA of this person was years later. Image: Siberian Times , Vesti. the physical of these people, still does not sequenced as well. This nature of realize the significance of the child turned out to be a whole would have been wasted on these peo- cultural evidence. So, I new, previously unknown, them. They say that only with ple, still thought our readers might type of ‘hominid.’ Since this the advent of modern man, like an update on news about first evidence of a new people does not re- Homo sapiens sapiens , did Denisova Cave located in the was found in the Denisova humankind develop the men- alize the Altai Mountains of Southern Cave the new strain of human tal capabilities to appreciate Siberia was named Denisovan. (One beauty, to think symbolically, (map, wonders how a finger bone, or make works of art. That Fig. 1 ). a toe bone, a tooth, or some version of things needs to be The of the fantastic jewelry we will rethought and the findings cave discuss later got left behind on from Denisova Cave is forcing was the floor of the cave to become just such an action in the occu- covered over with sand and Archaeological Establishment. pied at dung and then found all these vari- years later. Well, it was not an The Denisovans were making ous easy life these people lived things at a level Homo sapiens times and the best explanation I would not duplicate for over by have seen is these artifacts 30,000 years. For instance, Fig. 1. Location of Denisova Cave southern Siberia. Nean- were probably the sad leftovers a needle was found in layer der- from when a pack of hyenas 11, making it the oldest nee- thals, Denisovans, modern or some other carnivores ate dle ever found. But this was significance human goat herders, and one of the cave’s occupants.) not just any needle. Even of the cul- most recently by a hermit when Homo sapiens started named Denis—after whom The Denisovans occupied the making needles thousands of tural evi- the cave takes its name. cave when layer 11 of the 22 years later, theirs were not dence.” was being laid down. Layer as sophisticated. The Den- There are some 22 layers of soil 11 has been dated at c. 40– siovan needle had a groove and dung in the cave that ar- 50,000 years old. cut in it where the string or chaeologists have dug through leather (or whatever was looking for artifacts left by pre- We do not know what the Denisovians looked like having being used to sew) could be vious occupants. Layer 11 has lined up making it easier to proven the most interesting. only found a finger bone, toe bone, and molar. However pull the needle through what The cave is quite cold, drop- their DNA is very different was being sown ( Fig. 2 ). ping below freezing in the than today’s people. The tooth I should also note that the winter and rising to only is also much larger than those presence of the needle, about 40 degrees Fahrenheit of modern man or Neander- combined with the cold tem- during the summer. The aver- thals and is said to resemble peratures of the cave, both age temp is right at the freez- those of the million-year old ing mark. These being not hominids found in Africa. > Cont. on page 11
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“However argue for the use of clothing article discussing this beauti- So then, while not the by the Denisovans. ful piece. Denisovan brace- thing of beauty that the just to let: Advanced technological chlorite bracelet is, it nev- keep our Layer 11 has also yielded skills in early human groups ertheless speaks to greater another modern-human or- is still resisted , PCN #35, level of sophistication in mouth wa- namental staple—ostrich tering they May-June 2015. Just look- the tools used and the eggshell beads ( Fig. 3 ). ing at it you can tell that skills demonstrated than transforming a rough the green bracelet. piece of chlorite rock into such a piece of jewelry Here is your second could only be news flash: If all these done by a person with vision, skill, technology, and an artis- tic sensibility. As for the news I promised you , here is the first bit. The Russians Fig. 3. Manmade ostrich eggshell bead, another remarkable Denisovan cultural find dated 45–50,000 years old, showing have been no difference in quality from modern human versions despite tantalizing us the Denisovan people being called a ‘different species’ by for a few anthropologists. Clearly, the field’s focus is misdirected. years saying they have These would be of use in other interest- did an- decorating clothes or could ing finds from nounce be worn as jewelry. Again, layer 11 but there is are not yet virtu- ready to re- ally no lease them as Fig. 4a. Speculative uses and additional pieces of differ- more study is the bracelet by its discoverers. ence needed first. be- However just to keep our abilities weren’t enough, tween mouth watering they did coming as they do tens of the announce that one of these thousands of years before quality finds that they are keeping similar items were being and under wraps is another made by Homo sapiens , use of bracelet. This one made of now a team of British, Aus- such marble. They have also tralian, and Russian re- Fig. 4a. The undeniably beautiful Denisovan items released a picture of it. But searchers are rethinking bracelet made of green chlorite. by the they will give no particulars the age of layer 11. Until yet. (See Fig. 5 on the recently it was believed to that one of Denisovans as by modern following page). be about 40–50,000 years these finds humans. Modern science old. Now, however, these attempting to sell to the We can deduce a few scientists are looking again that they public an identity of these things about the new at the dates of these ob- are keep- profoundly accomplished and bracelet from what they jects amid suspicions that ing under artistically astute people as a have said and what we they are as old as 65,000 know from science. Chlo- wraps is sub-human “species” with to70,000 years. traits resembling the ape rite—from which the green another Australopithecus afarensis is bracelet was formed—has a At 50,000 years the know- bracelet. misdirected science of the hardness of about 2 on the how involved in these is This one most obvious kind. Mohs Scale. Marble, from mind-boggling. Any older, which this new bracelet and it challenges our entire made of Of course the most signifi- was carved has a hardness understanding of the techno- marble.” cant find in layer 11 would of 3 to 4 on Mohs’ scale. logical development of man. remain the Denisovan Brace- That means it is up to twice In fact, while googling the let ( Fig. 4a and Fig. 4b ). I as difficult to carve and wrote an entire in-depth shape. > Cont. on page 12
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chlorite bracelet I noticed a tioned above: The techno- sial Early Man Site in Barstow, series of articles claiming the logical ability to make such California) since the early days bracelet is fake. Such an objects speaks to the intelli- when famed anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey was the site’s exca- idea would never be pro- gence of the maker. The vation Director (Calico is the only
“Chlorite— from which the green bracelet was formed— has a hardness of about 2 on the Mohs Scale. Mar- ble—from which this new brace- let was carved— has a hardness of 3 to 4 on Mohs’ scale. That Fig. 5. The newly-discovered “marble” bracelet from Denisova Cave in southern Siberia. As the means it is details have not yet been released, some safe things we can deduce about from what they have up to twice said and what we know from science has primarily to do with the harness of the stone. Chlo- as difficult rite—from which the green bracelet was formed—has a hardness of 2 on the Mohs Scale. Marble, however, has a hardness of 3–4 on the Mohs’ scale. That translates into the piece being up to to carve twice as difficult to carve and shape. This speaks to an even greater level of sophistication in the and tools used and the skills demonstrated in order to create it than the green bracelet which can be extrapolated to mean the Denisovans were even more intelligent and resourceful than we knew. shape.” So, claims that the Denisovans were a different species? That may truly be a moot question.
posed if the piece had been desire to make such an ob- site in the Western Hemisphere which was excavated by found in a more recent, i.e., ject speaks to the aesthetic Leakey). Baldwin’s recent book, Homo sapiens layer. and artistic abilities of the The Evening and the Morning , is maker. The want-to-own an entertaining fictional story So why is it so hard for many such an object speaks to an based on the true story of Calico. of us to credit our forefathers appreciation of beauty on the Apart from being one of the core with the same intelligence part of the wearer. All traits editors of Pleistocene Coalition God has gifted us? Well, at most archaeologists are not News, Baldwin has published many prior articles in PCN focus- least there was no series willing to ascribe to “pre” claiming it was produced with ing on Calico, early man in the Homo sapiens and yet are Americas, and Homo erectus . the help of ancient aliens. demonstrated in these finds. All of Baldwin’s articles published In conclusion I would like to TOM B ALDWIN is an award-winning in Pleistocene Coalition News can point out it is not just tech- author, educator, and amateur be found at the following link: nological development that is archaeologist living in Utah. He demonstrated by the things has also worked as a successful http:// being found in the Denisova newspaper columnist. Baldwin pleistocenecoalition.com/ index.htm#tom_baldwin cave. I would like to close by has been actively involved with the Friends of Calico paraphrasing a quote from (maintaining the controver- my previous article men-
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Dating a remarkable petroglyph site through visual clues
By Ray Urbaniak Engineer, rock art researcher, rock art preservationist
On a recent visit to a petroglyph site I had never been to before on the Arizona “To Paiute the Reser- fig- vation I fol- ure’s lowed left was, my routine of look- beyond ing for clues to the any doubt, age of the site. a small The first thing I represen- noticed was the absence of pottery tation of sherds suggesting the the site was ‘pre- ceramic’ (i.e. pre-AD Pleiades Fig. 1. Comparing the Arizona Reservation petroglyph with the now famous ‘Nebra sky disk’ of 500 this area; Old- star clus- central Germany. There can be little doubt that the Arizona panel shows a representation of est in the Americas ter.” the Pleiades star cluster which is identical to the Nebra sky disk. The Nebra disk—presently is c. 7,500 years in dated to the European Bronze Age at 1600 BC—is regarded the oldest representation of the ‘South’ America). Pleiades. However, the Arizona petroglyph could challenge that idea (the cluster was also known to the Sioux and Cherokee peoples of North America). With the petroglyph matching the Nebra disk After photographing it is likely to be at least that old. Also significant is that the Native American representation is a couple of petro- clearly of equal quality to the European Nebra disk. The Arizona glyph should also help to remove glyph panels I also any apprehension that the 7-star pattern on the Nebra disk does indeed represents the Pleiades. noticed that there Petroglyph photo: Ray Urbaniak. Nebra sky disk: Wikimedia Commons.[ Eds. Note: The Nebra were several ‘atlatls’ site is less than ‘one hour’ from Bilzingsleben (and at the same latitude)—the 400,000-year old Homo erectus site shown in PCN and prior to contain modern-level geometric engravings.] or spear throwers depicted (see the following page). This sug- creation dates or descriptions To the figure’s left was, be- gested that the site predated passed down through oral yond any doubt, a small rep- use of the bow & arrow as history. In the latter regard, resentation of the Pleiades well (i.e. pre-AD 500 this see my recent article, Ice Age star cluster ( Fig. 1 ). animal descriptions passed area; Oldest in the Americas I immediately recognized dates to about 4,500 years down through oral tradition (PCN #48, July-August 2017). this glyph because I had writ- ago in the Arctic region and ten about it before in an un- in the St. Lawrence Basin). Apart from a couple of other dated article, Anasazi Equi- Next, I noticed what ap- very interesting observations nox Marker and Connections peared to be the glyph of an regarding this panel (discussed to Lakota Star Knowledge , “extinct” pronghorn antelope on the following pages), the for the Manataka American (See the next page as well most remarkable feature was Indian Council website. as my PCN articles beginning a very unexpected discovery. While still at the site I spot- A discovery such as this with Ice Age animals in would be enough to make Southwest U.S. rock art ted some very faint glyphs. When I returned home and any rock art researcher’s (PCN #22, March-April 2013). day a good one. However, The following pages also computer-enhanced the panel to better see a shaman it gets better. As it turns feature some new examples. out, the cluster as repre- ‘Extinct’ animal depictions figure with a burden basket I noticed something exciting! suggest older petroglyph > Cont. on page 14
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“If the sented on the ancient Na- “association” with other This was confusing to me petroglyph’s tive American petroglyph artifacts. However, this until I finally recalled an- Pleiades star panel is an exact duplicate does not rule out the possi- other piece I had written arrangement— of that represented in the bility of it being older. for the Manataka American The discovery of the Pleiades glyph in the AZ panel does help to confirm my other dating clues to at least a certain antiquity. If the petroglyph’s Pleiades star arrangement— being an exact duplicate of the Nebra disk— suggests its age then c. 3,600 years old is a good conserva- tive estimate. The full panel— which is ex- tremely weath- ered and pati- nated—could actually be much older with differ- ent artistic ele- ments added at different times in prehistory. Fig. 2. Several ‘atlatls’ (spear throwers) are represented in the One of the main Paiute Reservation petroglyph panel. This strongly suggests that things that the panel predates introduction of the bow & arrow. Bow & arrow use in the Americas presently dates back to c. 4,500 years ago— points to this long before the arrival of Europeans. Photos: Ray Urbaniak. possibility— apart from being being an exact pre-pottery and famous ‘Nebra sky disk,’ a showing spear tech- duplicate of bronze plaque from Central the Nebra nology ( Fig. 2 ) Germany which is pres- rather than bow & ently dated to the Euro- arrow—is the evi- pean Bronze Age at c. dence for ‘extinct’ 1600 BC or c. 3,600 animal depictions years old. The 12" disk (e.g., Figs. 3–4). Fig. 4. Also on the panel. Top: The animal is made of bronze with that appeared to have wings! When I got a blue-green patina The panel also fea- home and computer-enhanced this faint glyph with inlaid gold sym- tured an animal that I discovered something even more remark- able. What I thought was a single creature Fig. 3. Likely ‘extinct’ bols. UNESCO has appeared to have appeared to be ‘two’ deliberately superim- pronghorn antelope depic- wings! ( Fig. 4 ). When called the disk the posed animals. Middle: A mountain lion. Bot- tion from the southern “oldest concrete depic- I got home and com- tom: Another ‘extinct’ pronghorn antelope. I Paiute Reservation, AZ, tion of a cosmic phe- puter-enhanced this believe the superimposition is part of the Ana- from a much larger panel. nomenon worldwide.” faint glyph I realized sazi belief system in which many animals are Photo: Ray Urbaniak. They also refer to it as it was, instead, two seen as ‘one’ since they depended upon each other for survival. Photos: Ray Urbaniak. disk—suggests “one of the most impor- different animals apparently deliber- its age then c. tant archaeological finds of the 20th Century.” ately superimposed. A Indian Council website, an 3,600 years mountain lion and another undated article called, old is a good The object is dated to its extinct pronghorn antelope. current 3,600 years by conservative > Cont. on page 15 estimate.”
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One with the Animals . In could have been passed that article I explained down through oral tradition
how the Anasazi appar- as well. ently felt they were ‘one’ RAY U RBANIAK is an engineer by with the big-horned sheep In the One with the Ani- training and profession; how- (Fig. 5 ). mals article I related a ever, he is an artist and passion- story about being in a bar ate amateur archeologist at They did not see them- in Florida and striking up a heart with many years of sys- selves as separate from the conversation with a Sioux tematic field research on Native American rock art, Urbaniak has “The full big-horned sheep. They Indian there who was origi- panel— written many prior articles with which is extremely weathered and patinated —could actually be much older with different Fig. 3. Photo 800; courtesy of Fred Budinger. artistic elements added at different times in prehistory.”
Fig. 5. I believe that many images in Native American rock art are meant to represent the idea that the people and the animals are ‘one.’ In this example, of many, I believe it shows that the people and the sheep are ‘one.’ The Anasazi didn’t see themselves as separate from the big horn sheep—they were one. Both photos by Ray Urbaniak.
original rock art and petroglyph were dependent upon them nally from South Dakota. He photography for PCN which can for survival so they had explained that he was in all be found at the following link: complete respect for the Florida only because he http://pleistocenecoalition.com/ animal. needed the work. During the index.htm#ray_urbaniak conversation he started to I eventually realized that in weep and proceeded to tell that environment the me about how he “missed mountain lion was the only the animals.” This is when I other major predator other really gained a sense of the than Man! In that light, deep connection Native therefore, it was logical to American people have with assume that they could the animals of their home- have viewed the mountain lands. It was something new lion and the extinct prong- to me then but it has stuck horn antelope as one. with me all these years. How The mountain lion may far back does this deep con- have been as dependent on nection go? I believe that this extinct pronghorn for the petroglyph panel with its survival as the Anasazi the animals and the star were dependent on the big cluster gives a sense of how horned sheep. Stories encompassing it is and that about this dependency it goes very far back in time.
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Revisiting posthumously Chris Hardaker’s important article c. the founding of PC
On suppression
By Chris Hardaker, MA, archaeologist
Note from the Eds: In 2009, PC of Calico, the Valsequillo sites economy; six years later he founding member, the late Chris seemed perfect: primary buri- told USGS they could finally Hardaker, re-worked his website als in sands and silts. What’s revisit the site but that they earthmeasure.com to the problem? I wondered. The could do no archaeology. From coincide with the launch of the Pleistocene Coali- Valsequillo sites apparently that point on he only allowed a tion. This was done with lived up to the level of perfec- couple paleontologists. Start- each of the founding tion required by the Clovis ing in 1966, he dug his own members who had web- Firsters, both in artifacts and huge trench at the site behind sites. In Chris’ case it their geological context—see CIW’s back, and continued included upgrading his the 1967 article in Pleistocene once she was banned. Earlier, work on the two most Extinctions . To make matters he even tore up at least two significant suppressed archaeological sites in the worse, all artifacts and art feature blocks with bones next Americas, Valsequillo in pieces had vanished. And to lithics removed from the Mexico and Calico in Cali- worse yet, no professional in excavations: ready-made fornia. He also produced an Mexico or the US seemed to exhibits. He destroyed them in Pleistocene Coalition overview paper called, “On care, bar one, maybe two. front of witnesses. He confis- founding member and Suppression.” Since that cated Armenta’s entire collec- archaeologist, the late time the important experi- Decades pass. Then boxes tion and banned him from any Chris Hardaker, at ence and research-based arrive: xeroxed archives of Valsequillo archaeologi- paper has resided only on Dr. Cynthia Irwin-Williams, future fieldwork. I would defi- cal site, Puebla, Mex- nitely call that suppression, his website (first crawled principle investigator of the ico, 2001. Photo: Vir- and probably a lot worse. Feb. 24, 2010). It is pre- Peabody/Harvard excava- ginia Steen-McIntyre. sented here for the first time verbatim . The year tions, 1962-66. These were primary ar- prior to his passing Chris had several When I started going through chaeological features, not “The pri- PCN series in process including the archives, the notes, the redeposited. The evidence is chapters from his book (see below) photos, I had to deeply ponder overwhelming. And the mary source as well as publishing more of the sandy silts are very hard, artifacts from his Calico Lithics Pho- the idea that I had awakened of suppres- in an alternate universe—not indurated. Clovis Firsters tographic Project covered in several demanded perfection for sites sion was prior issues of PCN and giving PCN because of the incredible data involving preClovis claims. the person, editors permission to use any of pouring out of the boxes, but Calico’s alluvial chaos easily Jose Lorenzo the materials from his website in because the profession found PCN articles. Now, On suppression : it reasonable to ignore ex- failed that test. But Valsequillo (INAH). Af- was different, as the photos tremely valid and intriguing ter 1967, he data. It wasn’t just really old show. The Valsequillo sites Since my book, The First were as “perfect” a context as lied that the American: The Suppressed bifaces that were uncovered along with remains of extinct one could rationally hope for. discoveries Story of the People Who Dis- species. She had uncovered a And professional archaeology covered the New World (New were a hoax string of sites contained in a just said no to Valsequillo? Page Books, 2007), was pub- with affida- single 100-foot geological Finding all the right things that lished, it has come under fire column known as the Valse- constitute sites with high in- vits elicited for including the word quillo Gravels. In that column tegrity, dug by the right folks at gunpoint, “suppressed” in the subtitle. slept one of the greatest drag- and funded by the right insti- Actually, it has nothing to do along with ons ever found in the Ameri- tutions, bifaces next to butch- with secret illuminatis preserv- saying CIW’s cas: a sequence of archaeo- ered bones, in the vicinity of ing the prehistoric status quo logical horizons that revealed a America’s oldest art—and project or the Indiana Jones mystery technological evolution of pro- then, silence? The treasures threatened warehouse. It is a personal jectile points, from retouched are relegated to or lost within experience. In 1977, I first the local blades to full blown bifaces some warehouse gathering heard of Valsequillo’s quarter economy.” and at least two artifacts dust? Some are even rumored million year old bifaces. I suggesting pressure flaking. to be in Lorenzo’s house itself? would ask various big guns about it during the next dec- ****************** Whatever the reason, the ade or so, always leaving with The primary source of sup- famous Valsequillo discoveries more questions than answers pression was the person, were removed from the table because nobody knew any- Jose Lorenzo (INAH). After and thus from the collective thing for sure. A couple arti- 1967, he lied that the dis- memory. What was the official cles were out there but they coveries were a hoax with justification? Nobody’s talking. were by geologists. Where affidavits elicited at gun- Bottom line: Valsequillo didn’t were the archaeological re- point, along with saying CIW’s count. In his Earlier Than You ports? Compared with the project threatened the local Think , George Carter chalked relative stratigraphic chaos > Cont. on page 17
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this professional preClovis question, if I were to submit Irwin-Williams and Worming- “ neglect up to human nature. a proposal to NSF, what is ton when imagining what the In the last He was very diplomatic. It the earliest date that I reaction of the national and few years, shows little sign of abating. should state for the First international community Ameri- would be to the “crazy” dates. cans? They both portended absolute Answer: disbelief as the reaction, 25,000 ‘folks falling out of their chairs years. laughing’ kinds of reactions. Sure, In 1968, quarter million year 200,000 old dates for Upper Paleolithic year old blades and bifaces were ludi- bifaces crous. Not only would it be are not irresponsible to officially some- assign those kinds of dates thing to those kinds of artifacts, it archae- would have been an insult to ologists the entire profession in lieu of generally what was known about human think evolution at that time. How about, can you publish something even in ridiculous and impossible, their and still love your profession? worst The other consideration to mo- just leave it alone might have ments. come from persons in the U.S. The academic community who also Fig. 1. African lithics now show all stages of Middle–Upper Paleolithic stone tool technol- whole worked in Mexico. Without ogy (McBrearty et al 2000) offsetting the whole idea of an Upper Paleolithic revolution. idea was saying, gringos had to main- regarded tain good international rela- scientifically ****************** as off-planet by CIW herself. It tions with INAH, which is to troubling In the last few years, scien- still is. It rankles to the bone; say, Jose Lorenzo, the name tifically troubling comments an immediate intolerance that signed their Mexican ar- comments erupts with such a proposition. have been have been made by leading chaeology permits. If you were US paleoarchaeologists about One might as well say the a Mayanist from Harvard who made by another site in Chile near the universe was created in seven knew CIW’s excellence as an leading US Monte Verde site dated to days, or black is white? Tough. archaeologist and that there 14,000 years. This other site Valsequillo is real, it is mate- was no way she could have paleoarchaeo rial, not a phantom. Valsequillo logists about was discovered with blood- been hoodwinked by laborers soaked lithics and dated to is controversial, no doubt who would have had to have another site 33,000 years. The discoverer is about it. So it’s avoided or been masters of geological in Chile … on record saying, “I wish those rejected for over thirty years? science to pull the wool over A prominent [33k] dates would go away.” A However history works all this her eyes—but you also de- Texas prominent Texas archaeologist out in the end, for me it was pended on Lorenzo’s signature seconded that motion at an definitely a personal feeling of for your professional career: archaeologist event in 2008 proposing that betrayal by the paleo leadership what would you have done? those dates and/or artifacts (“Clovis Firsters”), and a be- ...proposing It’s probably true that, for should be put in a box for trayal of their brand of science. that those most pros, the crazy dates ten years until they figured I wasn’t alone. Things got so dates and/or are still as off-planet now in out what to do with them. bad that the Meadowcroft Rock- artifacts the 21st Century as they Of course not everyone feels shelter director, John Adova- were back then. The major should be this way, but from reports, sio, coined a name for the difference now is that there put in a box nobody spoke out against this leadership: the Clovis Mafia. is a precedent for quarter for ten years suggestion, at least publicly. ****************** million year-old Upper Paleo- until they Maybe it is not suppression at At the end of this journey into lithic technology, in Africa, all, but a mindset, a group- during the Middle Stone Age, figured out the Valsequillo discoveries, the think? Or is it actually a mat- specific variety of suppression complete with the evolution what to do ter of policy? In October 2005 of simple retouched blade .” is difficult to pin down since with them there was a paleoarchaeology several meanings seem to points into full-blown bifaces conference in South Carolina. intertwine, as noted below. But (Fig. 1 ). A fascinating During the group question and a bottom line may be summed google (+McBrearty). [1] answer period, I asked the up in the fear shared by both > Cont. on page 18
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Hopefully these webpages logical interpretation and African Middle Stone Age and the book will inspire the the geologists would not Technology same fundamental curiosity recant, so she wouldn't 1. http://geology.gsapubs.org/ that took hold 50 years ago. write up the sites. content/36/12/967.abstract This is not a political thing 2. McBrearty, S., and A. Brooks. between Mexico and the U.S. “5. To inhibit the expression 2000. The revolution that was- of (an impulse, for exam- “Is it ac- It is a fascinating thing n’t: a new interpretation of the about our species. We ple); check: suppress a origin of modern human behav- tually a ior. Journal of Human Evolution should act like that. And act smile.” In this case, was 39, 453–563. matter of with the urgency the Valse- there a felt need to inhibit her own great curiosity http://www.anth.uconn.edu/ policy? quillo discoveries deserve. In faculty/mcbrearty/ the US, the best place to about the discoveries in fa- During the vor of academic survival? Or group start is CIW’s Smithsonian archives. was there the greater need question to protect the discipline from and an- Chris Hardaker national and international CHRIS H ARDAKER , BA, MA, was an EarthMeasure Research ridicule and disgrace, which archaeologist working in Califor- swer pe- both she and her mentor, nia and one of the founding riod, I Marie Wormington, feared members of the Pleistocene Coa- would happen? lition in 2009. He reviewed and asked...if Merriam Webster Online: catalogued the data from the massive artifact collection of I were to Suppress ****************** submit a Calico. For details, see The http://www.merriam- [1] Morgan, L.E., and P.R. Renne. abomination of Calico , Parts 1-3, proposal webster.com/dictionary/suppress 2008. Middle Stone Age, Africa including Hardaker’s first expla- to NSF, Diachronous dawn of Africa’s nation of Caltrans (Cerutti) Mas- Function: transitive verb Middle Stone Age: New 40Ar/39Ar todon Site suppression beginning what is Etymology: Middle English, ages from the Ethiopian Rift. in PCN #6, July-Aug 2010, and the earli- from Latin suppressus, past Geology 36 (12): 967-70. Calico redux: Artifacts or geo- facts: Original 2009 paper up- participle of supprimere, est date http://geology.gsapubs.org/ dated and serialized for PCN that I from sub- + premere to content/36/12/967.abstract (PCN #24, July-Aug 2013) and press — more at press its Part 2 ( PCN #26, Nov-Dec should Abstract: The Middle Stone Age Date: 14th century 2013. Hardaker is also author of: (MSA) of Africa, like the Middle state for The First American: The sup- Paleolithic of Europe, is thought Suppress pressed story of the people who the First to represent a time period discovered the New World. Ameri- • 1. To put an end to forci- wherein toolmakers acquired significant increases in cognitive cans? An- bly; subdue. See PCN #49 , Sept-Oct 2017, for abilities and physical dexterity. several articles honoring Chris at swer: • 2. To curtail or prohibit the Existing data fail to resolve his passing as well as condo- activities of. whether the MSA emerged lences from our readers. 25,000 gradually, abruptly, or discon- years.” • 3. To keep from being re- tinuously, and whether this in- All of Chris’ articles in PCN can vealed, published, or circulated. dustry reflects the activity of be accessed directly at the fol- Homo sapiens . Here we present lowing link: • 4. To deliberately exclude new 40Ar/39Ar geochronological data revealing that advanced http://pleistocenecoalition.com/ (unacceptable desires or #the_first_american thoughts) from the mind. MSA archaeology at two sites in the main Ethiopian Rift is older • 5. To inhibit the expression than 276 ka, much older than of (an impulse, for example); technologically comparable MSA archaeology from elsewhere. An check: suppress a smile. age of 183 ka for a unit farther • 6. To reduce the incidence or upsection, along with the techno- logical stasis observed through- severity of (a hemorrhage or out the section, indicates that cough, for example); arrest. similar technology was used here for ~93 ka. These results sug- gest that MSA technology “1+2” Juan Armenta evolved asynchronously in differ- ent places, and challenge the Camacho & Cynthia Irwin- notion of a distinct time line for Williams banned by Lorenzo; either the appearance of the George Carter, Thomas Lee, MSA or the disappearance of the Michael Xu—fired by their earlier Acheulean. These and respective institutions. other recent results indicate that the oldest known MSA consis- “3+4” Cynthia Irwin- tently predates fossil evidence Williams—self-censorship. for the earliest Homo sapiens . She did not accept the geo-
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Aboriginal industry dictatorship and Australian archaeology
By Vesna Tenodi, MA archaeology; artist and writer
Who should we trust in a For flying in the face of the genetic research data pub- country paralysed by po- “regional continuity” theory lished. The Max Planck In- “There was litical correctness? as promulgated by the Abo- stitute in Germany con- even more riginal industry, Alan Thorne ducted their own independ- Having written about Mungo became ostracised. But he ent research, published astonish- Man skeletal remains several maintained that his theory of their genetic sequencing of ment when times I had no intention of multiple waves of migration the Aboriginal genome in revisiting that par- into Australia was correct, as 2010 and their further re- ticular topic. But the evidenced by his reconstruc- sults in 2013. Their data latest development tion and analysis of fossil confirmed the results ob- has twisted my arm. sets from both the Kow tained by Sheila van Holst This 50-year saga Swamp and Mungo sites. Pallekaan years earlier (Nature , January 2013). has been going on Mungo Man was described as since the discovery gracile and of modern ap- The tug of war between the of prehistoric fossil- pearance, more like Euro- scientists who conducted the the mor- ised human remains in 1968, phology pean Homo sapiens than the tests and the Aboriginal in- known as Mungo Lady, in the robust and morphologically dustry which found the re- and genetic Willandra Lakes region in different Australian ancient sults to be politically unde- analysis New South Wales; and an- skeletons. sirable has been going on for proved that other archaeological find in decades, with demands that 1974, known as Mungo Man. Gene wars—science and this gracile, contemporary tribes should Willandra Lakes would have politics in human evolu- “own the Australian past,” modern been a lush region once, but tion research and that Australian archae- turned into an arid desert skeleton The rise of the Aboriginal ology “belongs to them.” has no con- around 25,000 years ago. industry introduced the Mungo Man? Is it really? nection The excavation was con- dogma that there are no with either ducted and the remains in- humans in Australia before The story ended on Novem- vestigated and analysed by the Aboriginal race. The ANU ber 17, 2017, when what are contempo- the original Rhys Jones, John Jones-Mulvaney-Thorne claimed to be the remains of rary Abo- Mulvaney and Alan Thorne team disagreed with that Mungo Man were returned to riginal team, at the Australian Na- theory. Geneticists Gregory three tribes who claim to tribes or tional University in Canberra. Adcock and Sheila van Holst have lived in that region Pellekaan also disagreed. thousands of years ago. By the skele- Mungo Lady caused some The genomic analysis the end of a pompous tons found excitement, being dated to showed that at least two “repatriation” ceremony, 20–26,000 years ago. But groups populated Australia in televised throughout the day at the Kow the real excitement was over Swamp the distant past including and accompanied by absurd Mungo Man, when the test physically modern Mungo commentary, with lots of site.” results showed the skeleton Man but his gene is extinct. weeping and carrying on, the was 62–71,000 years old real reason behind this spec- (Journal of Human Evolution , Some of their scientific pa- tacle became clear— Vol. 36, 1999). And there pers—proving the multiple demands for more money! was even more astonish- migration waves into Austra- Money for a new museum, a ment when the morphology lia during the Pleistocene, new research center, a and genetic analysis proved and multiple racial groups monument to be built, as that this gracile, modern inhabiting the Australian well as for a worldwide cam- skeleton has no connection continent predating the an- paign to promote all that. with either contemporary cestors of contemporary Yes, Mungo Man is shaping Aboriginal tribes or the tribes by thousands of up to become quite a good skeletons found at the Kow years—were either heavily money-spinner. Swamp site, dated to 13- edited or banned outright. 9,000 years ago and estab- Sheila van Holst Pellekaan Soon we will no longer be lished by Alan Thorne as kept fighting, unsuccessfully, allowed to refer to the skele- belonging to Homo erectus . for twenty years to have her > Cont. on page 20
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ton as Mungo Man. Initially by the bloody Enlightenment, He found it, digging with called Pleistocene Australian, translated into an Aboriginal Mulvaney? But it was not then Mungo Man, it seems to land ... with an Aboriginal Mulvaney who found it? So be obligatory to now refer to people with an entirely intui- Bowler said he was never this find as “Aboriginal man.” tive and empathetic relation- permitted to touch nor han- Even though all the tests ship with country,” he says. dle the bones, whining that “Soon we have shown that Mungo Man And he goes on: only archaeologists were will no has no morphological fea- “ordained to handle sensitive longer be tures in common with any “That Enlightenment was objects,” but the story as superimposed both on a allowed to Aboriginal tribe, nor any told today would make you genetic connection to them, country they [the believe that John Mulvaney refer to the the new story was fabricated ‘enlightened’] didn’t under- just carried the suitcase— skeleton as and is now being force-fed to stand and a people they with the bones—for the great Mungo the public through endless didn’t understand ... and discoverer Bowler. repetition. we now carry the burden Man... of the fu**ing Enlighten- Listening to Bowler, one is During that long ceremony, ment. This is because the led to only one conclusion: Even what was not said is more purely rational mind is in- that Mulvaney, as well as all though all important and telling than capable of understanding other team members—who the tests what was being said. what Aboriginal people are fell out of favour for refusing have fundamentally on about” to participate in a politically- The three members of the (The Guardian , November driven lie about Australian shown that original team, who exca- 14, 2017). prehistory—was just some Mungo Man vated and analysed the man with a purely rational has no Mungo Man remains, were Yes, spoken like a real mind, incapable of under- not mentioned. Not once. scientist. morpho- standing what Aborigines are Not by anyone. about, just another one be- logical fea- In the same interview for John Mulvaney died in 2016, The Guardian , Bowler is longing to the “fu**ing tures in and with all three being dead compelled to rubbish John Enlightenment” as Bowler so common now, there is no one to con- Mulvaney—calling him a succinctly put it. with any tradict the Aboriginal indus- friend and mentor, in all his Some other websites report Aboriginal try. There was also no men- hypocrisy—by saying: that Bowler unearthed tion or acknowledgement of Mungo Man “with the help of tribe, nor any other politically incorrect “The archaeologists are any genetic ordained—you know, they anthropologist Alan Thorne.” scientists who worked on the And that “Although there connection Mungo remains. The only are like priests, only they can handle the sensitive have been some different to them, one the audience heard from testing results for the age of was Jim Bowler, the star of objects. It was a moment— the new bang! That was a moment Mungo Man it is widely ac- the show, the geologist who cepted that he is 40,000 story was was hired by the ANU to do when things jumped—the moment when the story of years old.” Another article fabricated the survey of Willandra claims Mungo Lady is 42,000 Lakes back in the 1960s. He the occupation of Australia and is now suddenly changed. I took years old. Yet another article happily embraced a new promotes a documentary being dogma about the “first peo- my other colleagues up to force-fed to see the evidence of the which “tells a story 42,000 ple” and was the only one years old—of Mungo Man and the public willing to parrot the story midden shells. When we came back all the items Mungo Lady,” thus increasing through invented for him by the Abo- the age of one and reducing riginal industry. [the body] had gone—been endless swept into John Mulvaney’s the age of the other ( The repetition.” Bowler now claims that he suitcase,” he says. Guardian , August 17, 2015). found the Mungo Lady skele- No one seems to be able to ton in 1968 and the Mungo He obviously never got over get their facts straight. Man skeleton in 1974. Both the resentment and the grudge he holds against ex- Bowler has no time nor incli- skeletons were actually dug nation to mention or give up, transported and investi- perts who actually re- searched the area and kept any credit to any other of his gated by the Jones-Mulvaney- “friends and colleagues,” but Thorne team, but Bowler can- the Mungo fossilised remains in their laboratory at ANU. can go on until the cows get not find it in his heart to home about the “theft of share any credit. Instead, he According to this newly-spun Indigenous remains,” be- has the following comment story: ... In February 1974, cause in his mind there could about the team members: Bowler found the body of not possibly be any pre- “We are dealing with the con- Mungo Man while digging in Aboriginal culture. flict of white rational, sophis- the lakes with Mulvaney. ticated science enlightened > Cont. on page 21
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How do you fight lies in a According to John Mulvaney, my best to keep the truth political system that en- most of both Mungo skele- alive, despite a danger that forces them? tons were handed to the such an inconvenient truth tribes in 1992 and were poses for anyone who utters This dogma about Aborigines promptly destroyed in their it today. being the “first people” and “traditional way.” But the the fabricated story of Aus- original team knew what was “The three tralian prehistory has led to come, so they kept some defiant dissidents such as members of the Mungo bones, frag- Rhys Jones to be all but de- VESNA T ENODI is an archaeologist, of the ments and samples, and leted from the archaeological secured them in a way that artist, and writer based in Syd- original textbooks. Because Jones, ney, Australia. She received her “made sure that those would Master’s Degree in Archaeology team, who just as Thorne and Mul- never get into Aboriginal vaney, knew very well that from the University of Zagreb, hands” (John Mulvaney, Croatia. She also has a diploma excavated Mungo Man was much older pers. com.). in Fine Arts from the School of and ana- than any skeletons ascribed Applied Arts in Zagreb. Her De- lysed the to Aboriginal ancestors, and Mulvaney wanted to make gree Thesis was focused on the Mungo that Mungo Man, by its Cau- sure that these archaeologi- spirituality of Neolithic man in casian features and modern cal finds would be available Central Europe as evidenced in Man re- morphology, belongs to a to genuine scientists over- iconography and symbols in mains, non-Aboriginal race, predat- seas, at some point in the prehistoric cave art and pottery. After migrating to Sydney, she ing the influx of Aboriginal future, once this political- were not worked for 25 years for the Aus- men- tribes by thousands of years. correctness-lunacy was over. tralian Government, and ran her He has been fighting the own business. Today she is an But Bowler readily sub- tioned. Aboriginal industry since the independent researcher and Not once. scribed to the new dogma, early 1980s, opposing repa- spiritual archaeologist, concen- Not by to such an extent that he is triation and destruction of trating on the origins and mean- now willing to trample on archaeological material, and ing of pre-Aboriginal Australian anyone… rock art. In the process, she is everything that is not Abo- was fully aware that the poli- developing a theory of the Pre- with all riginal. In Bowler’s words, ticians’ eagerness to please “Christ was a troublemaker. Aboriginal races which she has three be- the tribes will completely called the Rajanes and Abra- Where I come from does ing dead replace factual truth with the janes. In 2009, Tenodi estab- influence what I believe— now, there invented story about Austra- lished the DreamRaiser project, and I’ve rejected a lot of the lian prehistory. with a group of artists who ex- is no one dogmatic bulls**t that we plore iconography and ideas to contra- were taught at school.” He warned his students to be contained in ancient art and suspicious of any research mythology. dict the A great number of Austra- done in Australia by the Abo- Website: www.modrogorje.com Aboriginal lians see Bowler as a propa- riginal industry, and pre- industry. ” gator of the “dogmatic bulls- dicted that data and test E-mail: [email protected] **t”—to use his vernacular— results obtained by them will but are not allowed to say so. All of Tenodi’s articles pub- be falsified to suit the prede- lished in Pleistocene Coalition Most of what he is saying is termined goal of fortifying News can be found at the fol- invented. According to Bowler, the “first people” dogma. lowing link: “Aboriginal people associated The Australian Archaeologi- http:// with the lakes district were cal Association on their web- pleistocenecoalition.com/ #vesna_tenodi angry they had not been site acknowledges that in consulted.” Not true. Wil- 1969 John Mulvaney went landra Lakes, where Mungo with Jim Bowler and Rhys Man was found, is a desert, Jones to Lake Mungo to in- and there were no Aboriginal vestigate human remains people aware of that region that were later to be known being ever populated by any as Mungo Lady, but gives no tribes in the past (Rhys Jones, adequate credit either to pers. comm.). Mulvaney or Jones for the As for the remains allegedly Mungo Man discovery. belonging to Mungo Man, Seeing the immense power which were “returned to of the taxpayer-funded Abo- their descendants” in that riginal industry which—if over-the-top ceremony on judging by their deeds—is a November 17, 2017, I sus- corrupt lot of hypocrites and pect there is not even a sycophants colluding with speck of actual Mungo Man each other, I decided to do bones in that box.
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