Flint tools and solid rock implements.
I gave to the evil, where all is coldness and hunger; where they have invented the evil-killing bow and the flint-dart, destroying My living creatures.
And they taught man how to soften copper like dough; how to harden copper like flint rock, for axes and mattocks for building canals; taught man how to work the ore in the fire and melt it; and how to make lead into sheets, like cloth.
Then came the angels of the lower heaven, teaching the Ongwees the secret of making eunuchs of their enemies, the I'huans with the long arms; teaching them how to make spears and bows with arrows, and darts and fishing-hooks and nets; teaching them how to make fire by striking flint stones; teaching them how to cook flesh and fish to make them more palatable.
These findings challenge existing academic narratives about prehistoric technologies, as similar artifacts in the region were typically made from flint, not crystal.
On the second, day, Hau (red fox) went with Katkatchila, and finally, when Katkatchila shot his tenth deer, Hau reached it first and hid the flint weapon in his ear.
The others examined the flint.
Hilit (house fly) rubbed the flint with his hands and legs, making it large.
Patsotchet (badger) warned that Katkatchila would make trouble, and Torihas asked Tichelis (ground squirrel) to carry the flint north.
The flint still lies where Tichelis dropped it.
Phené during his investigation state that beneath the cairn forming the head of the animal was found a megalithic chamber, in which was a quantity of charcoal and burnt earth and charred nutshells, a flint instrument, beautifully and minutely serrated at the edge, and burnt bones.
Their arms are wooden bows and arrows pointed with stag’s-horn or flint.
The discussion begins with the host welcoming Flint Dibble, who acknowledges the invitation.
The host highlights Flint's extensive background in archaeology, commending his deep knowledge and hands-on experience in the field.
Flint Dibble shares his extensive experience in archaeology, emphasizing his direct involvement in fieldwork.
Flint expresses understanding of the public's fascination with Hancock's theories, noting that while he disagrees with many of them, Hancock's work has drawn interest in archaeology from a broad audience.
Flint acknowledges the allure of such theories but points out that archaeological evidence does not support the existence of a lost Ice Age civilization, as posited by Hancock and others.
Flint introduces the topic of Plato's story of Atlantis, a subject of fascination in both historical and modern contexts.
Flint elaborates on how Plato used Atlantis to illustrate moral and political ideas, including the downfall of a corrupt society.
Flint also critiques modern interpretations of Atlantis, which often depict it as a highly advanced civilization.
Flint supports this argument by analyzing Plato’s descriptions and comparing them with archaeological and geological evidence from the Athens region.
Throughout the discussion, Flint emphasizes the importance of working from known facts and evidence.
Flint explains the process of excavation in the Athens region, detailing how the area has been thoroughly explored down to the bedrock, with no signs of human activity from the time period Plato referenced.
The conversation concludes with Flint reiterating the need for a critical approach to historical claims.
Here is a list of the historical events mentioned in the discussion between Flint Dibble and Danny Jones:
Flint discusses how this story is widely considered a fictional creation for philosophical purposes rather than a historical account.
Excavations in Athens (over the last 200 years)Flint references extensive archaeological work carried out in Athens over the past two centuries, noting that excavations have reached bedrock in many areas, revealing no evidence of a city as old as Plato's fictionalized 9,000-year-old Athens.
Greek Classical Period (5th–4th Century BCE)Flint touches on the Classical period in Greece, particularly in connection to Athens, as this period is relevant to much of the archaeological evidence found, and the discussions around Plato's writings.
Her hand slipped from its grasp on the fruit and its side was torn out, so that its seed dropped on the earth and became flint-stones, while the fruit, still adhered to the tree, and became of the likeness of a great fiery serpent, whereof the breath scorched the hands of the culprit.
Thus man became the superior being through the development of his nature by the necessity he was under of preserving his mate and himself from the cold and kindred conditions which came along with the flint-stones.
During a long period, the limits of which remain to be discovered, but apparently from the Neolithic (later flint) age on past the Roman occupation into a period of decay, all trackways were in straight lines marked out by experts on a sighting system.
Experts marked straight trackways from the later flint age through Roman times into decay.