tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130566520954194626.post2264614474449210577..comments2023-11-26T23:24:15.748-08:00Comments on Time Present and Time Past: Signs of Lost Stories? The Megalithic Art of Atlantic EuropeMark Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621801968983662236noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130566520954194626.post-11361750947879162232015-05-20T07:18:31.411-07:002015-05-20T07:18:31.411-07:00Thanks, Elizabeth! The Australian stories may have...Thanks, Elizabeth! The Australian stories may have changed, of course, as old groups broke up, new ones came together and languages evolved but there is a fundamental continuity extending from c60,000 years ago until Captain Cook's arrival, with no waves of migration from outside and little contact with outside cultures. It's most evident from the art.Mark Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621801968983662236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130566520954194626.post-16573386357313284632015-05-20T06:59:36.660-07:002015-05-20T06:59:36.660-07:00This was so fascinating! I do believe that those p...This was so fascinating! I do believe that those patterns must have had meaning, because humans are meaning makers, no matter how abstract such meaning seem today. I also was a bit awed to realize the aboriginal art and stories in Australia go back 60,000 years. That just boggles my mind!Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.com