Sentences with phrase «archaeological evidence as»

The response, published in Antiquity and co-authored with Oxford University archaeologist Jane Kershaw, offered an «alternate interpretation» of the PoBI data regarding Danish Vikings — one that integrated archaeological evidence as well as historical and linguistic clues.

Ignoring your error in trying to insult me (you know that fallacy I bet), you do not consider historical docu ments about Jesus that coincide with archaeological evidence as evidence?

«you do not consider historical docu ments about Jesus that coincide with archaeological evidence as evidence?»

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This charge is simply not true, as there is both philological and archaeological evidence for knowledge and use of this animal in the early second millennium BC and even earlier.

19th century, archaeological finds (e.g. earth and timber fortifications and towns, the use of a plaster - like cement, ancient roads, metal points and implements, copper breastplates, head - plates, textiles, pearls, native North American inscriptions, North American elephant remains etc.) is not interpreted by mainstream academia as proving the historicity or divinity of the Book of Mormon.This evidence is viewed by mainstream scholars as a work of fiction that parallels others within the 19th century «Mound - builder» genre that were pervasive at the time.

4) A final piece of strong evidence is textual from Alalakh in Syria, as opposed to archaeological: a textual ration - list.

And the lack of physical evidence when that evidence should be there, such as the absence of archaeological confirmation of the Exodus, can be used to reject the historicity of some biblical myths.

Christianity is a form of mental illness - FACT, If you consider written docu.mentation as archaeological evidence, then yes, we do.

Indeed archaeological evidence suggests that reverence for the female as the source of life was of primary importance in the earliest Indian cultures.

If you wish to continue this line of thought, how about you provide some archaeological evidence like some ancient writings that involve Horus as being born of a virgin.

Rigorous conclusions rely on the number of independent attestations, the time of the publications, the content as it relates to the subject and time period, and any related archaeological evidence.

We can prove Caesar lived as he is mentioned numerous times by contemporaries as well as a huge amount of archaeological evidence.

- A final piece of strong evidence is textual from Alalakh in Syria, as opposed to archaeological: a textual ration - list.

So you take what the early church fathers, the ones trying to legitimize their religion as much as possible, the ones saying that all the similarities are products of the devil, and just take their word rather than actual archaeological evidence and anthropological study?

Discussions of science are based on nonscientific literature, Jesus is presented as the fulfillment of «Old Testament» prophecy, and archaeological findings are cited as evidence of Bible's complete historical accuracy.

Both volumes were cautious in their use of archaeological evidence, and both were less confident than either Noth or Bright as to what could be known about early Israelite history.

Colin, archaeological evidence supports a lot of the validity of various parts of the old testament that were suppose to be «magical» as well.

Your dates are at the very least questionable, but seeing as there is no archaeological evidence for the exodus from Egypt or the 40 years of wandering, there is no way to be sure exactly the date of the myth's origins.

What about the practical issues such as the fact that there is no historical or archaeological evidence whatever for anything in the book of Mormon?

The New Mexico State Legislature and Governor King quickly passed Senate Joint Memorial 5, which stated, in part and with considerable exaggeration: «Whereas, despite New Mexico's long and rich chile history and prehistory, with solid archaeological evidence indicating the continuous use of both red and green chile since the time of Folsom Man some twelve thousand years ago [this is not true], we now find «Texas Man» claiming the noble chile as his; and whereas despite the facts, we hear boasting from east of the Pecos that «The Lone Star State» is the chili capital of the Southwest... and Texas chefs malign the noble «red and green» by blending it into a slurry of kidney beans and onions called chili; now, therefore, be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico that the Land of Enchantment bets the «whole enchilada» and its reputation as the Chile Capital of the World against the Lone Star State in the Mother of All Chile Wars Festival to be held May 29 - 31, 1993 at the Doña Ana County Fairgrounds.»

For prehistoric times, the main evidence is from forensic archaeology: the proportion of skeletons that had bashed - in skulls, or arrowheads embedded in bones, together with archaeological evidence such as fortifications.

Dueling genetic studies based on the DNA of modern dogs and wolves suggest the fellowship between humans and dogs could have been forged in the Middle East, Central Asia, East Asia or, as Goyet's archaeological evidence suggests, in Europe.

A third - century coin, recently excavated in southern England, has brought to light an unknown chapter of Roman history: the troubled reign of Domitianus, an emperor whose hold on power was so fleeting that the only other archaeological evidence of his existence is a similar coin found a century ago and dismissed as a hoax.

Evidence from archaeological digs suggests that aboriginal Aleuts were wiping out local otter populations as much as 2,500 years ago, and European fur traders all but finished the job by the end of the 19th century.

«Considered in total, this study provides important early archaeological evidence for meat eating, hunting and scavenging behaviors - cornerstone adaptations that likely facilitated brain expansion in human evolution, movement of hominins out of Africa and into Eurasia, as well as important shifts in our social behavior, anatomy and physiology,» Ferraro said.

The earliest evidence for cheese making comes from 7,000 - year - old archaeological sites in Poland, where milk fat remains were found in holed ceramic containers that could have served as rudimentary strainers.

With dates «corrected», he maintains that the biblical evidence now fits the archaeological record, and that we can recognise the historical reality of hitherto legendary figures such as Saul, David and Joseph.

Since much of Beringia, theorized to have been located generally between northwest North America and northeastern Asia, has been under water for more than 10,000 years, it has been challenging to find archaeological and ecological evidence for this «deep history,» as Sicoli calls it.

Fullagar predicts that the technique of examining the edges of tools for evidence of ancient food processing will allow study of other cases of early agriculture which do not leave archaeological clues such as mounds or seeds.

* But whereas scientists have uncovered a wealth of archaeological evidence — including microscopic starches on pottery shards that point to the taming of many crops from the Americas as far back as 10,000 years ago — the record is blank when it comes to the tomato.

Unlike early human hunter - gatherer groups, Neanderthals concentrated almost entirely on hunting big game, as evidenced by the abundance of large animal bones in Neanderthal archaeological sites.

This image was based on evidence from butchered meat bones and hunting tools at archaeological sites, as well as from studies of carbon, nitrogen, and other chemicals in the fossilized teeth of Neandertals, which can reveal their diets.

«This is a great piece of work,» says Alexander Bentley, an anthropologist at Durham University in the U.K. Bentley adds that the new findings, including the signs of violence on the skeletons — such as multiple skull fractures — are consistent with other archaeological evidence from Central Europe that men raided outside communities and captured their women.

The groups from the eastern Alps in fact significantly increased in size only from the Bronze Age onwards, as evidenced by archaeological studies conducted in the territory inhabited by the Iceman.

To date, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia have all been proposed as potential locations for the origin of dog domestication based on modern genomic data, archaeological evidence and ancient mitochondrial lineages5, 7,9,33.

It has become very elastic, and its proponents will seize hold of any mentions of water, fish or shellfish in human evolution, and any archaeological sites found near coasts, rivers and lakes as supporting evidence.

Led by the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, researchers set out to settle the debate as to whether hominin remains in the Grotte du Renne, an archaeological site in Arcy - sur - Cure, France, date to Neanderthal ancestry or whether they indicate the first evidence of modern humans in Europe.

For example, ancient hunter - gatherers ate oats as confirmed by archaeological evidence.

The latest archaeological evidence suggests that dogs were domesticated as early as 26,000 years ago.

Larsen says that the archaeological evidence is biased towards the later stages of dog evolution because dogs probably didn't start looking like dogs as we know them until relatively recently.

A wide array of archaeological evidence such as ceremonial dumps, burials, art, and artificial construction support the idea that caves were used primarily for ceremonial activities.

Farther into the future, Yackulic imagines the urns as archaeological findings — foreseeing the uncovered artifacts as memorializing objects, evidence of the modes of exchange in which they took part.

We have some fairly consistent genetic, linguistic, and archaeological evidence that points to Southern Africa as the origin of modern human capabilities about 100,000 years ago.

He then cited, among other things, a Newsweek article from 1975 (whose author recently lamented the way climate change deniers use his work), archaeological evidence, and Scriptures, in addition to the snowball, as evidence that refutes the claim that «somehow man is so important that he can change [the climate].»

She is not ready to divulge the results of her analysis, but based on her published evidence, she describes Bluefish Caves as «the oldest - known archaeological site in North America.»

The North - Atlantic evidence for MWP is incontrovertible, given the historical records in Europe and the archaeological evidence such as farms in areas of Greenland that could not possibly be used for farming today.

As part of their archaeological duties, forensic anthropologists specialize in the use of digging tools to excavate the remains of a subject without physical damage or alteration to evidence.

Summary of Qualifications * Participated in an archaeological field school with Washington State University at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site * Exceedingly proficient in research, data collection and management, and field excavation * Very skilled in scientifically analyzing data in field and laboratory environments * Strong military work ethic as evidenced by being awarded Soldier of the Month twice * Maintained a 3...