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c.  -6200 to -5600

Early Atlantic Neolithic

8.2 Kiloyear Event
Rediscovering Doggerland's submerged forests, early 2015

1. Relocation of Axial Strike Point
(conjectural)

Electron streamers & heteromacs from Çatal Höyük
Electron streamers & heteromacs from Çatal Höyük
Electron streamers & heteromacs from Çatal Höyük
Electron streamers & heteromacs from Çatal Höyük

2. Early Atlantic Climate Change (c. -6200)
(PNA / Pollen Zone VIb)

Picture
Excavated tomb at Lepenski Vir. Compare the pose of the corpse to the "mother-goddess" interpretations of the Peratt Column (above).
Excavation of Lepenski Vir, 1965-1971
Excavation of Lepenski Vir, 1965-1971
Excavation of Lepenski Vir, 1965-1971
Reconstruction of Lepenski Vir, relocated to avoid flooding c. 1971
Layout of Lepenski Vir
Reconstruction of Middle Neolithic thatched house at Lepenski Vir
Lepenski Vir, Danube River (Early to Middle Neolithic c. -8500 to -6000)
i. 8.2 Kiloyear Event
  a. Storegga Slide - final collapse of northern ice sheets
  b. Meltwater pulse, sea-level rise
  c. Doggerland submerged
  d. Missoula floods: Columbia River basin
    cf. “Gathering of waters” — Genesis 1.9-10

ii. Cold dry drought, aridification
    cf. “Dry land appears” — Genesis 1.9-10
    
iii. Disruption of old neolithic cultures
  a. Levant abandoned
  b. Çatal Höyük deserted
  c. Migrant farmers fish the Black Sea
  d. Expansion of Lepenski Vir
  e. Dogger bank fishing culture
    cf. “Dry land appears” — Genesis 1.9-10
Picture
Reconstruction of Doggerland before submersion in the Storegga Slide c. -6200
Imagined scene in Middle Neolithic Doggerland
Imagined scene in Middle Neolithic Doggerland
Storegga Slide tsunami deposit on nearby European coastline
Rediscovering Doggerland's submerged forests, early 2015 (inhabited during Early to Middle Neolithic)
Rediscovering Doggerland's submerged forests, early 2015 (inhabited during Early to Middle Neolithic)
Rediscovering Doggerland's submerged forests, early 2015 (inhabited during Early to Middle Neolithic)
Rediscovering Doggerland's submerged forests, early 2015 (inhabited during Early to Middle Neolithic)
Rediscovering Doggerland's submerged forests, early 2015 (inhabited during Early to Middle Neolithic)

3. Later Neolithic (c. -5800)
(PNA / Pollen Zone VIc) 

i. Hypsithermal climate recovers 
  a. Warm, moist weather 
    b. Farming returns to the Levant   
    c. Irrigation agriculture in Mesopotamia   
  cf. “Earth sprouts vegetation” — Genesis 1.11-12

 ii.  Spread of Later Neolitic settlements in Europe
  a. Rise of Starčevo culture
  b. Rise of Körös (Criş) culture
  c. Tumba Madžari settled 
Picture
Reconstruction of Later Neolithic Tumba Madžari (Macedonia, c. -6000 to -4300) (www.dayofarchaeology.com)
Reconstruction of Later Neolithic Tumba Madžari (Macedonia)
Imagined scene at Later Neolithic Tumba Madžari (Macedonia)
Reconstruction of Later Neolithic Tumba Madžari (Macedonia)

4. "Heart of Sea, Heart of Lake" (c. -5600)

Picture
Val Camonica rock art -- labyrinthine spiral suggestive of a glowing cloud in the north skies; perhaps the footpoint of an incoming Birkeland Current -- adjacent to a handful of figures suggestive of Peratt instabilities
i.  Polar Configuration as Glowing Cloud
  a. Saturn, Neptune & Uranus now axially aligned
    - “Goose-head” of Uranus & Oberon no longer apparent
    - “Vulture pinions” retracted; bird nesting 
  b. “Chaos” cloud floating in ocean-like sky (Cardona, &c.)
  c. Misty streaks and swirls (Cook, &c.) 
  d. U K'ux Kaj (“Heart of Sea, Heart of Lake”) -- Popul Vuh
 
e. Twisted column of clouds reaching down to Earth (Hurakan)
Spirals at Barclodiad y Gawres (photo by Richard Keatinge)
Burgos cave painting suggestive of the Polar Configuration's cloudy swirl; perhaps the footpoint of an incoming Birkeland Current
"Unicornis Spiral" rock art, location unknown (photo by Michael Green); perhaps the footpoint of an incoming Birkeland Current
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