7000 year old Israel village

[shunyadragon]

[Sparko]

neat.

Whenever they find things like this I wonder what happened there. I mean, people don't just leave houses and villages intact and go away, especially leaving their tools and things behind. Normally old structures are torn down and new things are built on the remains, and so on. So when they dig up a village, it makes me wonder if something happened there, like a disaster, or a war, or famine, that cause the buildings to be abandoned and tools and items left behind.

[rogue06]

neat.

Whenever they find things like this I wonder what happened there. I mean, people don't just leave houses and villages intact and go away, especially leaving their tools and things behind. Normally old structures are torn down and new things are built on the remains, and so on. So when they dig up a village, it makes me wonder if something happened there, like a disaster, or a war, or famine, that cause the buildings to be abandoned and tools and items left behind.

Most likely war or the threat of war. We tend to look at the last century with wars that cost millions of lives and tend to think it is the most violent period ever but the fact is that a person was considerably more likely to die a violent death in ancient times than today.

[Cow Poke]

Most likely war or the threat of war. We tend to look at the last century with wars that cost millions of lives and tend to think it is the most violent period ever but the fact is that a person was considerably more likely to die a violent death in ancient times than today.

Or extreme drought or some other massive crop failure....

[rogue06]

Or extreme drought or some other massive crop failure....

That generally provides time to gather your things before leaving.

[DesertBerean]

That generally provides time to gather your things before leaving.

....think Dust Bowl...?

[shunyadragon]

Actually, this ancient village was under an existing developed area. Over time there was not any concern for older buildings, and they were simply abandoned or built over. This has happened many times over the millennia. Of course, wars and conflicts often destroy villages, towns and cities, and later settlements are built over old ones or moved. In the Middle East abandoned villages, settlements and cities are common. For many ancient settlements and cities, Climate change resulting in reduced rainfall and the increase in deserts and arid regions, and these were abandoned.

[rogue06]

....think Dust Bowl...?

The folks that experienced it generally still packed up their possessions before leaving

[Sparko]

even if they left their stuff behind because of war or crop failure or whatever, it would have normally been looted in the near future of the event.

[Cow Poke]

The folks that experienced it generally still packed up their possessions before leaving

Aliens.

[Sparko]

Aliens.

egggzactly!

[rogue06]

Aliens.

Ancient Aliens! Like the ones who built the pyramids

[Sparko]

Ancient Aliens! Like the ones who built the pyramids

no. the pyramids were actually cubes till mossy got mad at the pharaoh and used the Pin.

[rogue06]

no. the pyramids were actually cubes till mossy got mad at the pharaoh and used the Pin.

So she had much better control back then?

[One Bad Pig]

even if they left their stuff behind because of war or crop failure or whatever, it would have normally been looted in the near future of the event.

...unless what they left just wasn't worth carrying away.