Re: [meteorite-list] Destruction of the Hopewell civilization

2023-09-29 Thread E.P. Grondine via Meteorite-list
Hi Anne, everyone -  When I did my survey of native memories for "Man and Impact in the Americas" (now $50 used, thank you. I wrote a collectable. Best wishes to all of you who invested in a copy.) I hit no mention of Tankersley et al.'s event.  None. It looks to me like they are finding out of

Re: [meteorite-list] Destruction of the Hopewell civilization

2023-09-28 Thread Anne Black via Meteorite-list
Thank you  Dolores, Robert H. Thank you everybody.Yes it was an idea, but a half-baked one, at most.  And thank you Robert W. but you should have sent your article to Meteorite-Times.com Anne blackimpactika.comimpact...@aol.com On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 10:42:02 AM MDT, Yahoo

Re: [meteorite-list] Destruction of the Hopewell civilization

2023-09-28 Thread Yahoo via Meteorite-list
Anne, and all, Thank you for your post. I had not previously read the article for which you provided a link, but I was pleased to see it. I found it very interesting. In regard to the specific sentence you quoted from the article concerning the use of meteoritic iron by the Hopewell people, I

Re: [meteorite-list] Destruction of the Hopewell civilization

2023-09-28 Thread Mark Hammergren via Meteorite-list
I, too, would love to hear more about the Hopewell people's use of meteoritic materials. As for the sensationalist article by Tankersley et al., it was convincingly refuted by others and finally formally retracted from the journal this year.

Re: [meteorite-list] Destruction of the Hopewell civilization

2023-09-28 Thread Larry Lebofsky via Meteorite-list
Anne: I was aware of this article, but thanks for the quote from it. So comets have enough metal to make tools. I guess I have been wrong all these years! Larry Lebofsky On Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 7:22 AM Anne Black via Meteorite-list < meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > Hello, > > This

Re: [meteorite-list] Destruction of the Hopewell civilization

2023-09-28 Thread Ioannis Baziotis via Meteorite-list
Dear Anne, There is another article by Nolan et al., published on Scientific Reports (NPG) (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-39866-0) entitled: "*Refuting the sensational claim of a Hopewell-ending cosmic airburst*" who conclude the following: While not a comprehensive review of all of

[meteorite-list] Destruction of the Hopewell civilization

2023-09-28 Thread Anne Black via Meteorite-list
Hello, This was brought to my attention, but I had never heard of the event.Anyone? https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2022/02/did-comets-fiery-destruction-lead-to-downfall-of-ancient-hopewell.html One interesting line:  The Hopewell people collected the meteorites and forged malleable metal from