Angela
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I think the points made in this book are important in understanding the route taken in the Neolithic:
See: Ancient East and West by Gocha Tsetskhladze
http://books.google.com/books?id=Qz...e Mediterranean run counter clockwise&f=false
The first point is that the boats at that time had great difficulty in sailing into headwinds.
The season was from late March to late October since that is when there were clearer skies and moderate winds and slighter seas.
Wind and water currents during that sailing season also imposed limitations upon sailing. (I think there is a tendency when creating models of human movement to draw a straight line from one place to another, with insufficient consideration to the challenges that people might have faced in taking such a route due to environmental constraints.)
Some journeys from east directly west were possible by taking advantage of certain wind and water currents at certain times of the
year, but moving north or south mostly involved clawing one's way along the coast using the currents and the morning and evening sea breezes.
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See: Ancient East and West by Gocha Tsetskhladze
http://books.google.com/books?id=Qz...e Mediterranean run counter clockwise&f=false
The first point is that the boats at that time had great difficulty in sailing into headwinds.
The season was from late March to late October since that is when there were clearer skies and moderate winds and slighter seas.
Wind and water currents during that sailing season also imposed limitations upon sailing. (I think there is a tendency when creating models of human movement to draw a straight line from one place to another, with insufficient consideration to the challenges that people might have faced in taking such a route due to environmental constraints.)
Some journeys from east directly west were possible by taking advantage of certain wind and water currents at certain times of the
year, but moving north or south mostly involved clawing one's way along the coast using the currents and the morning and evening sea breezes.
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