This is not a new idea. Mike Baille's book "Exodus to Arthur" makes interesting reading on the idea that comets may have triggered many human catastrophies in the past. His book is based on dendochronology with support from other sources. At the time of publishing c.2000, there was a gap in the Greenland Ice core during the 6th Century.
The first third of the book is compelling reading but for me does little to convince me that it was anything other than volcanic eruptions. The latter part of the book is based on written accounts, myths and legends to make a the suggestion that clusters of small comets may have been involved, small fragments arriving in short interval like SL9 did on Jupiter in 1994. He's as objective as he can be but is clearly convinced of the cometary contribution in at least a few cases. Rob McC --- On Fri, 1/9/09, tracy latimer <daist...@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: tracy latimer <daist...@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Comet smashes triggered ancient famine ??? > To: "Paul" <bristo...@yahoo.com>, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 7:15 PM > >From what little research I did, I had understood that a > substantial chunk of the sun-blotting fog was actually > 'vog', which outgassed from major eruptions in > Iceland. Iceland underwent several periods of volcanic > activity during the 'Dark Ages', where multiple > volcanic vents burped out stifling clouds of gas. The gas > periodically got so thick and noxious that it poisoned > vegetation, killed animals, and sickened almost everyone > else; there was at least one major exodus of survivors > around 770 a.c.e. > > Tracy Latimer > > ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 07:12:59 -0800 > > From: bristo...@yahoo.com > > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Comet smashes triggered > ancient famine ??? > > > > Comet smashes triggered ancient famine > > January 7, 2009 by Ker Than > > > http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126882.900-comet-smashes-triggered-ancient-famine.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news > > > > Abbott, D. H., P. Biscaye, J. Cole-Dai, and D. Breger, > 2008, > > Magnetite and Silicate Spherules from the GISP2 Core > at the 536 A.D. Horizon > > American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, > abstract #PP41B-1454 > > > > > http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?&listenv=table&multiple=1&range=1&directget=1&application=fm08&database=%2Fdata%2Fepubs%2Fwais%2Findexes%2Ffm08%2Ffm08&maxhits=200&=%22PP41B-1454%22 > > > > and > > > > http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AGUFMPP41B1454A > > > > Yours, > > > > Paul H. > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
