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- Jeff,
- I came across the following article while scanning the
Mainichi Shimbun, a leading Japanese newspaper. The Japanese (like almost
every society) have long claimed there's as the oldest civilization on
Earth. The original inhabitants of the islands, who now almost exclusively
reside on the northern most island of Hokkaido, have a society that could
be called a mirror image of our own Native Americans. It's incredibly interesting
that legends of the Japanese (and Ainu) coming from elsewhere in the Pacific
(Mu? Lemuria?) ring with some Native American's legends of originating
from the Pacific. Examining the below discovery, so-far dated at 15,000
years ago, in the light of other recent findings in and around Japan, such
as the alleged manmade / terraformed structures off the coast of the southern
Japanese Isle of Yonaguni (also dated at 10,000+ years old), and others,
would lead some to at least consider a possible connection. Could a pole
shift or some other great disaster in the Pacific have forced a great disporea
of humankind in that distant epoch, leading to the population of the Americas,
Asia, the Australia-Oceanic regions, the Pacific, and the Japanese isles?
Is the modern academic establishment only now acknowledging the evidence
of what could possibly happen when civilization is forced to begin anew?
Ultimately, will we as a society be able to recognize evidence of possible
extinction-level event catalysts lurking in space and within our own Earth
in time to prevent another one from claiming us? Time will tell.
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- -Jonah
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- New Evidence Challenges Image Of Stone Age
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- By Takahiro Igaki Mainichi Shimbun
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- IBUSUKI, Kagoshima - Archaeologists
here have found evidence that Stone Age people of 15,000 years ago may
have already been living in roofed dwellings rather than caves as current
theories state. The Ibusuki Municipal Board of Education on Friday announced
they found the remains of a 15,000-year-old residential area at the Mizusako
ruins here.
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- Because the finding includes not only the remains of
two pit dwellings but also the remains of a road, a stone-tool factory
and stake holes, officials of the board said that a permanent village may
have existed here at that time.
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- If experts confirm the existence of the village, it could
predate by as much as 5,500 years what is believed to be the oldest village
built during the Jomon period in about 7,500 B.C., which was found in the
Uenohara ruins in Kokubu, Kagoshima Prefecture.
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- Established theories suggest that man during the Old
Stone Age lived a nomadic life taking refuge in caves.
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- "The finding demands that current theories on the
Old Stone Age be reviewed fundamentally," said Michio Okamura, a leading
researcher at the Cultural Affairs Agency's Monuments and Site Division.
"I have never heard of a finding (suggesting the existence of a village)
like this one" in Ibusuki.
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- Okamura added that further investigations may confirm
the remains of a large-scale residential village. "Because there have
been only a small number of residential findings from the Old Stone Age,
I say, this is a world-class discovery," he said.
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- Okamura went on to say that experts have to review their
understanding of human beings' development if permanent residences existed
as far back as 15,000 years ago.
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- He suggests that warm temperatures in Kagoshima may have
enabled people to create a permanent residential village here.
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- Takashi Inada, an archaeology professor at Okayama University,
echoed Okamura's view, saying, "Globally, the remains of a (14,000-year-old)
residence have been found in the Ukraine, but no remains of a village have
yet been confirmed. Therefore, if it is the remains of a village, it is
the world's first."
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- But Inada said experts should not be too hasty in concluding
that the finding is the oldest village in Japan, if not the world, because
he believes other remains of villages may be older, although their dates
cannot be confirmed due to the lack of decisive evidence.
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- Officials of the board of education said that they were
able to date the remains by investigating stone tools found in the factory
and because the remains were found in volcanic-ash layers from 11,400 years
to 24,000 years old.
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- The sizes of the two pit dwellings are 2.2 meters by
1.8 meters and 1.7 meters by 1.3 meters, respectively. Surrounding them,
dozens of pillar holes were also found. The road is about 12 meters long.
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