Ancient villagers adapted to a climate crisis, rather than panic
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
Climate *Adaptation* and Climate *Resiliance* rather than Climate *Crisis*.
Enough already with the endless climate fearmongering.
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“An underwater excavation by archaeologists off Israel’s Carmel Coast has uncovered an ancient village that not just survived but thrived during a period of climate crisis around 6,200 BC.
The discovery could shed more light on the resilience of the people living in the coastal regions around the Levant and Easter Mediterranean during this Stone Age climate crisis, according to researchers.
Scientists previously thought an abrupt shift in global climate during this period led to the widespread abandonment of coastal settlements around the Mediterranean.
But the new findings suggest at least one village formerly thought abandoned, not only remained occupied but thrived throughout this period.
“It deals with human resilience,” Thomas Levy, a co-author of the study from the University of California San Diego, said.
… Surprisingly, scientists could date activity at the site even to the Late Pottery Neolithic, when the village was previously thought to have been abandoned due to climate change.
Artefacts uncovered at the site such as tools made of basalt – a stone that does not naturally occur along this part of the Mediterranean coast – and a ceremonial mace head suggest the people were likely involved in maritime trade.
● The findings point to signs of a village economy that diversified from farming and thrived during this climate crisis period from maritime culture and trade with a distinct cultural identity.
… Now the discovery of a lasting and evolving society through this period of climate instability indicates a level of never-before-seen resilience in early Stone Age societies.
“Many archaeologists like to look at the collapse of civilizations.
Maybe it’s time to start looking at the development of human culture, rather than its destruction and abandonment,” Roey Nickelsberg, another author of the study, said. …”