As Puntites we need to finally open up an 'archaelogical' school and begin teaching this crucial subject so our people know the skills and techniques behind using the 'earth' and it's remains to explain the past itself. PL might look like a desert today but it is very obvious to anyone that it was once a 'lush land' that was very fertile with 'rivers' running thru it and most likely 'forests'.
The evidence for this is the 'dry river beds' that scatter thru PL, those do not form ecologically unless there was a 'river' present in the past. The Nugaal Valley and Dharoor Valley are 'scattered' with river beds so a good start is these areas because as is well established, the liklihood of finding 'artifacts' in the interior will be around 'river beds' because it is assumed people would've lived and settled near these water sources.
Plus judging off ancient Egypt description of Puntland, these people were not a 'nomadic' community whatsoever but were a 'farming people'. The give-way is the 'products' they traded were clearly from a 'fertile' area like 'ebony' which is from 'trees' and 'wild animals' meaning it must of had 'grass' and 'river' sources for animals like that to live and survive.
Plus that 'forest' 'calmadow' gives more proof that this area must have contained 'forests' before climate change happened, possibly due their 'ancient trade' of 'ebony' with ancient egypt and it's well known to cut down trees without replacing it leads to desertication. They may also have used the wood for other purposes like housing and fire to cook food.
I urge we select possible dried up 'river-beds' as potential sites of 'exploration' not the 'river bed' itself as the remains of that will most likely be 'marine life' which is possibly what is now turned into 'oil' remains. But we need to identify potential 'settlement' zones based on the river bed location. We need to look for 'different periods' also. From 'hunter-gathering' to when 'farming' happened and finally the 'trade' era. We need to search for Equipments they may have used and 'fossils' of their bodies.
The fossils itself can give an idea of the 'foods' they ate which I believe was meat and vegetables most likely. We need to 'study' the land itself to determine the lush fertile era and when it began to turn into desert. It doesn't happen overnight but is a long process. Such as trees cut down, then the soil changes to soft earth and hard soil like rocks and eventually breaks down into 'sand' and 'dust' and eventually the 'sand and dust' accumulates so much it becomes a 'proper arabian type of desert'.
All because of lack of rain due to 'trees' being absent to regulate 'wind' pressure to bring 'clouds' towards PL lands. Trees serve as regulator of the sky clouds is well established. Wind 'exists' but without trees there is no 'regulation' of the wind itself and therefore rain-fall is unlikely. That is why where-ever there is a 'desert' you will see no rains and the only thing missing is 'trees'. Once trees are there rain will come and the soil will eventually turn from 'dry' to 'soft' again which gives the potential for more life.
The desertification hasn't degraded that long or to to that level in PL, indicating climate change is a fairly recent ecological event, possibly 2000 years or less.
The evidence for this is the 'dry river beds' that scatter thru PL, those do not form ecologically unless there was a 'river' present in the past. The Nugaal Valley and Dharoor Valley are 'scattered' with river beds so a good start is these areas because as is well established, the liklihood of finding 'artifacts' in the interior will be around 'river beds' because it is assumed people would've lived and settled near these water sources.
Plus judging off ancient Egypt description of Puntland, these people were not a 'nomadic' community whatsoever but were a 'farming people'. The give-way is the 'products' they traded were clearly from a 'fertile' area like 'ebony' which is from 'trees' and 'wild animals' meaning it must of had 'grass' and 'river' sources for animals like that to live and survive.
Plus that 'forest' 'calmadow' gives more proof that this area must have contained 'forests' before climate change happened, possibly due their 'ancient trade' of 'ebony' with ancient egypt and it's well known to cut down trees without replacing it leads to desertication. They may also have used the wood for other purposes like housing and fire to cook food.
I urge we select possible dried up 'river-beds' as potential sites of 'exploration' not the 'river bed' itself as the remains of that will most likely be 'marine life' which is possibly what is now turned into 'oil' remains. But we need to identify potential 'settlement' zones based on the river bed location. We need to look for 'different periods' also. From 'hunter-gathering' to when 'farming' happened and finally the 'trade' era. We need to search for Equipments they may have used and 'fossils' of their bodies.
The fossils itself can give an idea of the 'foods' they ate which I believe was meat and vegetables most likely. We need to 'study' the land itself to determine the lush fertile era and when it began to turn into desert. It doesn't happen overnight but is a long process. Such as trees cut down, then the soil changes to soft earth and hard soil like rocks and eventually breaks down into 'sand' and 'dust' and eventually the 'sand and dust' accumulates so much it becomes a 'proper arabian type of desert'.
All because of lack of rain due to 'trees' being absent to regulate 'wind' pressure to bring 'clouds' towards PL lands. Trees serve as regulator of the sky clouds is well established. Wind 'exists' but without trees there is no 'regulation' of the wind itself and therefore rain-fall is unlikely. That is why where-ever there is a 'desert' you will see no rains and the only thing missing is 'trees'. Once trees are there rain will come and the soil will eventually turn from 'dry' to 'soft' again which gives the potential for more life.
The desertification hasn't degraded that long or to to that level in PL, indicating climate change is a fairly recent ecological event, possibly 2000 years or less.
