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Mister Ed

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15. I was saying it may have been either connected to the mainland or else closer to it at some times.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #14)

Sat Oct 10, 2020, 11:53 PM

Oct 2020

It's generally known that sea levels were about 120m lower than at present during the last ice age. With these lower levels, parts of the modern Mediterranean seafloor were dry land, including the Adriatic and Aegean areas:

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Mediterranean_Bathymetric_map.png

Some maps and videos I glanced across seemed to show Crete connected to the mainland at that time, or else closer to it. (Mediterranean view is at about 1:10 in this video)

However, as Post #12 says, reliable information on the topic is hard to find. And, as I learned before making post #13, the whole question has no bearing on the OP because this extreme low-water period occurred more than 100,000 years after the settlement described in the OP was occupied.

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Bookmarking for later Bayard Oct 2020 #1

Interesting stuff. Thank you. dameatball Oct 2020 #2

K&R & thanks. nt tblue37 Oct 2020 #3

Fascinating... CatMor Oct 2020 #4

KNR and bookmarking. niyad Oct 2020 #5

Yes empedocles Oct 2020 #6

I wonder, though, whether Crete was really isolated from the mainland during that time. Mister Ed Oct 2020 #7

"Considering Crete has been an island for five million years" left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 #8

Yep, I read that part. Mister Ed Oct 2020 #9

I'd like to read what you found left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 #10

Interesting. Looking further, here's what I see: Mister Ed Oct 2020 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 #14

I was saying it may have been either connected to the mainland or else closer to it at some times. Mister Ed Oct 2020 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 #16

Me too. I've said so in posts #13 and #15. Mister Ed Oct 2020 #17

Maybe there's a travel guide ? left-of-center2012 Oct 2020 #11

Hard to find good info on that, but apparently it didn't make that much difference eppur_se_muova Oct 2020 #12

Thank you, left-of-center2012. Tremendous when discoveries are made pushing back the time barrier. Judi Lynn Oct 2020 #18