From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Wed Sep 13 21:52:45 2000 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:52:45 -0400 Subject: [language] Pre-flood artifacts found Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> NEW YORK TIMES September 13, 2000 Found: Possible Pre-Flood Artifacts By WARREN E. LEARY WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 — Scientists said today that they had discovered remnants of human habitation under the Black Sea that they believe is the first proof that people thrived along an ancient shoreline before it was inundated by a great flood thousands of years ago. Dr. Robert D. Ballard, the undersea explorer whose robotic devices have resolved many underwater mysteries, including the resting place of the Titanic, said an expedition he is leading had discovered a well-preserved structure that might be thousands of years old 12 miles off the coast of Turkey, near Sinop. Full text: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/13/science/13BLAC.html -- Regards, Mark hubeyh at mail.montclair.edu .-.-.-.-.-.-. http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~hubey ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----Language----<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Copyrights/"Fair Use": http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html The "fair use" exemption to copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's important so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to express other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations. You are currently subscribed to language as: language at listserv.linguistlist.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-language-4283Y at csam-lists.montclair.edu From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Sun Sep 24 23:24:54 2000 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:24:54 -0400 Subject: [language] [Fwd: NEWS: 'Lump of rock' turns out to be world's first sculpture] Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> THE INDEPENDENT news | World | Middle_East 'Lump of rock' turns out to be world's first sculpture By David Keys, Archaeology Correspondent 24 September 2000 A stone dismissed by experts as no more than a lump of rock has been identified as the world's first sculpture and the oldest piece of figurative art ever seen. New scientific data suggests that early humans were producing representations of life 220,000 years ago, 170,000 years earlier than previously thought. It is a discovery which could revolutionise our understanding of human development. Italian and American archaeologists used powerful microscopes to prove that a figurine-like piece of volcanic stone from the Golan Heights on Israel's border with Syria is in fact a primitive sculpture, deliberately chiselled and shaped by human hands. The data from their examination suggests that the prehistoric object was intended to portray a human being, probably a woman. Yet, since its discovery 15 years ago, the rock has been disregarded by most academics. The researchers; Francesco d'Errico of the French National Centre for Scientific Research, and April Nowall of the University of Victoria in Canada, found that the early human sculptor had used some sort of flint chisel to chip away at a point around 25 per cent down from the top of the lump of rock to produce a neck. Full text: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Middle_East/2000-09/sculpture240900.shtml ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----Language----<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Copyrights/"Fair Use": http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html The "fair use" exemption to copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's important so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to express other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations. You are currently subscribed to language as: language at listserv.linguistlist.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-language-4283Y at csam-lists.montclair.edu From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Wed Sep 13 21:52:45 2000 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:52:45 -0400 Subject: [language] Pre-flood artifacts found Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> NEW YORK TIMES September 13, 2000 Found: Possible Pre-Flood Artifacts By WARREN E. LEARY WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 ? Scientists said today that they had discovered remnants of human habitation under the Black Sea that they believe is the first proof that people thrived along an ancient shoreline before it was inundated by a great flood thousands of years ago. Dr. Robert D. Ballard, the undersea explorer whose robotic devices have resolved many underwater mysteries, including the resting place of the Titanic, said an expedition he is leading had discovered a well-preserved structure that might be thousands of years old 12 miles off the coast of Turkey, near Sinop. Full text: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/13/science/13BLAC.html -- Regards, Mark hubeyh at mail.montclair.edu .-.-.-.-.-.-. http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~hubey ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----Language----<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Copyrights/"Fair Use": http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html The "fair use" exemption to copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's important so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to express other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations. You are currently subscribed to language as: language at listserv.linguistlist.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-language-4283Y at csam-lists.montclair.edu From HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu Sun Sep 24 23:24:54 2000 From: HubeyH at Mail.Montclair.edu (H. Mark Hubey) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:24:54 -0400 Subject: [language] [Fwd: NEWS: 'Lump of rock' turns out to be world's first sculpture] Message-ID: <><><><><><><><><><><><>--This is the Language List--<><><><><><><><><><><><><> THE INDEPENDENT news | World | Middle_East 'Lump of rock' turns out to be world's first sculpture By David Keys, Archaeology Correspondent 24 September 2000 A stone dismissed by experts as no more than a lump of rock has been identified as the world's first sculpture and the oldest piece of figurative art ever seen. New scientific data suggests that early humans were producing representations of life 220,000 years ago, 170,000 years earlier than previously thought. It is a discovery which could revolutionise our understanding of human development. Italian and American archaeologists used powerful microscopes to prove that a figurine-like piece of volcanic stone from the Golan Heights on Israel's border with Syria is in fact a primitive sculpture, deliberately chiselled and shaped by human hands. The data from their examination suggests that the prehistoric object was intended to portray a human being, probably a woman. Yet, since its discovery 15 years ago, the rock has been disregarded by most academics. The researchers; Francesco d'Errico of the French National Centre for Scientific Research, and April Nowall of the University of Victoria in Canada, found that the early human sculptor had used some sort of flint chisel to chip away at a point around 25 per cent down from the top of the lump of rock to produce a neck. Full text: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Middle_East/2000-09/sculpture240900.shtml ---<><><><><><><><><><><><>----Language----<><><><><><><><><><><><><> Copyrights/"Fair Use": http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html The "fair use" exemption to copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author. That's important so that copyright law doesn't block your freedom to express your own works -- only the ability to express other people's. Intent, and damage to the commercial value of the work are important considerations. You are currently subscribed to language as: language at listserv.linguistlist.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-language-4283Y at csam-lists.montclair.edu