The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #107257   Message #2228168
Posted By: Big Mick
04-Jan-08 - 09:01 AM
Thread Name: BS: How old is civilization?
Subject: RE: BS: How old is civilization?
The difference, Arnie, is that these artifacts that I describe were Pre-Columbian. It is a fair assumption, I would think, when one finds Michigan copper in areas far removed from Michigan in the Americas, and also finds objects that are not native to the area, such as abalone shell, that they were traded. Even if it were souvenirs from armed conflict, these are pre-Columbian artifacts.