The Lost Origins of the Vinca
Given the latest advancements in archaeo-forensics, ie. DNA studies, stratigraphy and mass spectrometry, all previous theories about the spread of so-called civilization are now subject to considerable scrutiny. As it turns out, agriculture was not necessarily something that evolved out of a sedentary existence, but the scarcity of resources for an ample life of hunting and gathering. Thus its emergence in the younger Dryas glacial interval, appeared as randomly as the situations that required it, and not necessarily something introduced by another culture. The Vinca were part of such a culture bordering the Black Sea between 6500 - 5500 BCE.
Coring samples showed that the dramatic inundation by the rising sea levels and subsequent tectonic shifts is what toppled the ecology, causing its inhabitants to scatter. For this it is being assumed that these were the first who told of the Biblical Flood and Atlantis. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen in undersea investigations underway. Nonetheless, the life of a hunter-gatherer was no longer an option for those who didn't leave in pursuit of more favourable conditions.
The Black Sea remains an oxygen depleted morast to this day, while the growing salination of once fertile regions made irrigation only a temporary solution to growing famine. A migrant culture may possess a wider spectrum of knowledge and experience, but it is no guarantee that others along the way can or will adopt it. Often these differences were met with conflict over jealously guarded territories, forcing them or the other to move on. Thus they dispersed up the Danube, evolving their own discreet written language to keep in touch with each other as well as tally their goods of trade.
For the longest time their artifacts were largely ignored by scholars, given only spurious clues to their origins, and the fact that their designs bore no resemblance to the Middle-Eastern cultures assumed to be the root of all higher civilization. In the meantime DNA studies have proven that the “Indo-Aryans” had no connection with these people, rather, moved in their own circles to the Indus Valley and back, often conflicting with each other for control over ever dwindling resources. It only amounts to the fact that so-called higher civilization only lasts as long as the resources it depends on. Even these days we've seen thriving communities turn into ghost towns under such circumstances. The bottom line is, that things seldom occur in an orderly and coordinated fashion as academics would like to project them; and despite all clever designs, only serve a temporary solution to ever changing circumstances.
http://www.black-sea-atlantis.com/black-sea-atlantis/
From Omniglot:
Old European / Vinča / Danube script
Origin
These symbols have been found on many of the artefacts excavated from sites in south-east Europe, in particular from Vinča near Belgrade, but also in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, eastern Hungary, Moldova, southern Ukraine and the former Yugoslavia. The artefacts date from between the 7th and 4th millennia BC and those decorated with these symbols are between 8,000 and 6,500 years old.
Some scholars believe that the Vinča symbols represent the earliest form of writing ever found, predating ancient Egyptian and Sumerian writing by thousands of years. Since the inscriptions are all short and appear on objects found in burial sites, and the language represented is not known, it is highly unlikely they will ever be deciphered.
Symbols dating from the oldest period of Vinča culture (6th-5th millennia BC)
Coring samples showed that the dramatic inundation by the rising sea levels and subsequent tectonic shifts is what toppled the ecology, causing its inhabitants to scatter. For this it is being assumed that these were the first who told of the Biblical Flood and Atlantis. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen in undersea investigations underway. Nonetheless, the life of a hunter-gatherer was no longer an option for those who didn't leave in pursuit of more favourable conditions.
The Black Sea remains an oxygen depleted morast to this day, while the growing salination of once fertile regions made irrigation only a temporary solution to growing famine. A migrant culture may possess a wider spectrum of knowledge and experience, but it is no guarantee that others along the way can or will adopt it. Often these differences were met with conflict over jealously guarded territories, forcing them or the other to move on. Thus they dispersed up the Danube, evolving their own discreet written language to keep in touch with each other as well as tally their goods of trade.
For the longest time their artifacts were largely ignored by scholars, given only spurious clues to their origins, and the fact that their designs bore no resemblance to the Middle-Eastern cultures assumed to be the root of all higher civilization. In the meantime DNA studies have proven that the “Indo-Aryans” had no connection with these people, rather, moved in their own circles to the Indus Valley and back, often conflicting with each other for control over ever dwindling resources. It only amounts to the fact that so-called higher civilization only lasts as long as the resources it depends on. Even these days we've seen thriving communities turn into ghost towns under such circumstances. The bottom line is, that things seldom occur in an orderly and coordinated fashion as academics would like to project them; and despite all clever designs, only serve a temporary solution to ever changing circumstances.
http://www.black-sea-atlantis.com/black-sea-atlantis/
From Omniglot:
Old European / Vinča / Danube script
Origin
These symbols have been found on many of the artefacts excavated from sites in south-east Europe, in particular from Vinča near Belgrade, but also in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, eastern Hungary, Moldova, southern Ukraine and the former Yugoslavia. The artefacts date from between the 7th and 4th millennia BC and those decorated with these symbols are between 8,000 and 6,500 years old.
Some scholars believe that the Vinča symbols represent the earliest form of writing ever found, predating ancient Egyptian and Sumerian writing by thousands of years. Since the inscriptions are all short and appear on objects found in burial sites, and the language represented is not known, it is highly unlikely they will ever be deciphered.
Symbols dating from the oldest period of Vinča culture (6th-5th millennia BC)
Gobekli Tepe, the World's First Temple?
From the Smithsonian.com
Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization
By Andrew Curry
Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery. The megaliths predate Stonehenge by some 6,000 years. The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site of the world's oldest temple.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/gobekli-tepe.html...
Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization
By Andrew Curry
Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery. The megaliths predate Stonehenge by some 6,000 years. The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site of the world's oldest temple.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/gobekli-tepe.html...