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.
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.
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.
Not exact matches
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.
Go to the National
archaeological museum in Mexico City you will see
such evidences there.
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?
But Roberts says he doesn't see
evidence for
such a huge shift in the
archaeological record.
«Even in Egypt, despite hearing many tales of war, we never find
such substantial
archaeological evidence of its participants and victims,» UCD's Molloy says.
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.
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.
«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.