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Warren Ridings

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Jun 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/19/96
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Here is some information from a news report on BBC
radio 5 at 9:00am this morning.

"Archaeologists discover cave paintings in the Amazon
rainforest in Brazil. The paintings appear to be
11,000 years old and pre-date the supposed earliest
date for habitation by man. The paintings depict
animals, stars the sun and possibly comets. Some of
the paintings are six feet in size."

I have no other information than this and post it
because it may be of interest.

Warren.

[Moderator's note: I heard the same report,
but am in no position to verify the truth of it]

Mark A. McConaughy

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Jun 20, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/20/96
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I did not hear the BBC report. However, it sounds like a
description of Monte Alegre Cave in Brazil. Anna Roosevelt
announced the discovery of this site at the Society for
American Archaeology meetings in New Orleans last April.
It was also described in an article in Science magazine
shortly thereafter (sorry, I don't have the exact date
for that issue, it is the cover story -- a nice stemmed
point from the site is on the cover). Unfortunately, there
isn't a good description of the rock art at the site.
C14 dates place the early levels at 11,200 BP. Thermoluminescent
dates go back to 16,000 BP.

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