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| Source: SiberianTimes.com web site. See link below. |
The Kotelny island woolly mammoth was killed by humans some 21,000 years ago, say scientists.
Dr Albert Protopopov shared new pictures of the remains found at a location which was then part of the vast Beringia Land Bridge connecting what is now Siberia and North America.
'The traces on the bones show that the mammoth was killed and butchered by ancient people,' he said...
You might be aware that some of the oldest things you can find on the Treasure Coast beaches are fossils. It might surprise you to learn that you can find mammoth fossils on our beaches. I've found both mammoth teeth and a section of a tusk.
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Mammoth Tusk Section.
Source: SiberianTimes.com (Same link as above).
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The tusk section I found was of about the same diameter as the one shown in the above photo. The end was sticking out of some eroded sand on the Treasure Coast.
Every Floridian, full or part-time, should know about the world-famous "Vero Man" site and James Kennedy's history making find of a 13,000 year-old mammoth bone bearing a human carving.
Wikipedia describes Vero Man this way: Vero man refers to a set of fossilized human bones found near Vero (now Vero Beach), Florida, in 1915 and 1916. The human bones were found in association with those of Pleistocene animals. The question of whether humans were present in Florida (or anywhere in the Americas) during the Pleistocene was controversial at the time, and most archaeologists did not accept that the Vero fossils were that old. Recent studies show that the Vero human bones are from the Pleistocene and are the largest collection of human remains from the Pleistocene found in North America.
See https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/6/110622-mammoth-bone-oldest-art-americas-science/
And also https://www.livescience.com/20088-early-floridians-mingled-mammoths-mastodons.html
Wikipedia describes Vero Man this way: Vero man refers to a set of fossilized human bones found near Vero (now Vero Beach), Florida, in 1915 and 1916. The human bones were found in association with those of Pleistocene animals. The question of whether humans were present in Florida (or anywhere in the Americas) during the Pleistocene was controversial at the time, and most archaeologists did not accept that the Vero fossils were that old. Recent studies show that the Vero human bones are from the Pleistocene and are the largest collection of human remains from the Pleistocene found in North America.
See https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/6/110622-mammoth-bone-oldest-art-americas-science/
And also https://www.livescience.com/20088-early-floridians-mingled-mammoths-mastodons.html
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Shards Found South of Seagrape Where Kang His Has Been Found.
Photo by Robert C.
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Robert C., who sent in the above photo showing shards that he found, was wondering if others might know of Kang Hsi porcelain found on the Treasure Coast having colors other than the more common blue and white.
I'm sure he'd like to know if anyone had opinions to offer on the shards shown above.
I've talked about Kang Hsi porcelain in the past, but made some new photos that I think might be helpful for those attempting to identify Kang Hsi.
Below is a comparison of a piece of what I believe to be Kang Hsi porcelain and a piece of common European blue on white pottery side-by-side
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| Broken Edge of Common Blue on White Pottery (left) and Kang Hsi porcelain (right) |
Another thing you will notice from the above photo is that the color will sit on the surface of most shards, while the color on Kang Hsi will penetrate the glaze. The yellow on the shard on the right is encrustation, not a part of the shard.
I am far from an expert on this, and will gladly accept correction if I am wrong about any of it. From my experience, though, these observations seem to hold.
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It has been a relatively busy year so far. While there have not been a lot of shipwreck finds, there have been some finds, and there has been periodic erosion at a few spots around the Treasure Coast. Too bad there is so much renourishment sand to deal with.
The surf predictions look real encouraging.
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| Source: MagicSeaWeed.com |
The surf will start to build today and peak tomorrow (Wed.).
The wind and primary swell is northerly, but the wind is a bit off-shore until tomorrow
Not only will we have high surf (if the predictions are correct), but we'll also see some swells coming from the north and a few wind direction changes. Altogether, it looks promising at this point.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net