Wondering how the hige amount of fresh water effected the oceans livestock. Is it possible that this was another reason why people possibly started to live more inland as well, a lack of fish due to a sudden increase of fresh water and change of water temperature causing people to begin hunting more than fishing?
Awesome questions and I wish I knew the answer. I think humans would have avoided the coast for a bit due to the trauma but they would have returned. The whole population of the British isles was estimated to be 15,000 before and 6-7,000 afterwards so it could be that they are even more invisible than before.
And half a millennium later the first farmers began to arrive from the Atlantic coast, which changed the hunter gatherer lifestyle. Our ancestors gradually moved away from fishing. However settlements such as the Somerset levels continued well into the Iron Age. Lovely succinct broadcast. Many thanks 🙏
You are welcome! Glad people are still finding it and enjoying it. I will return to prehistory in the future, just working through a list of historical topics first!!
That's amazing - if you are looking for the academic paper I used it's here: Resilience or wipe out? Evaluating the convergent impacts of the 8.2 ka event and Storegga tsunami on the Mesolithic of northeast Britain Clive Waddington & Karen Wicks, 2017 The bibliography will also help as there's loads more to look at!
Great description and analysis. Thank you. This has gotten me curious enough to research other major worldwide 'submarine slides'-one is the 'Alika Slide' on Mauna Loa, of approximately 110 ka, with claims of a run-up of 400+ m (on Lanai?). Hard to believe, but, of the marine fossil deposits, the boffins remark: "Given rates of subsidence on Hawaii, this would place the deposit at an original palaeo-altitude up to 491 m. " That would really seem quite extraordinary. (See 'The Hawaiian megatsunami of 110 +/- 10 ka: the use of microfossils in detection'.)
I live in Newcastle and I found a Tsunami sculpture that must be from that. Its astonishing and obviously must be priceless. Any archeologist is welcome to see it.
There are varied theories on why the world went through the climate changes, during the time you are discussing. Possibly other geothermic and comet/meteorite events, scientists aren't 100% on all that, it could even be a combination of factors
I presume because it's closer to where the ridge is? More deviating effect and the waves lost power closer to the British isles. I thought it was 12-15 metres near Norway or the Fareos but it's been a while since I read it.
Yeah, it was human-caused global warming that melted the Canadian ice shield. 😂 Mesolithic fireplaces in caves produced too much CO2 and freon that damaged the ozone layer. 😂 Cavemen should have eaten the bugs instead 😂😂😂
Wonderful history lesson. Thank you so much for your knowledge sharing
You are welcome! Really glad you are enjoying them.
excellent video!
Thank you very much!
Fascinating lecture! I had no knowledge of this event, but as always, Alex Iles makes the topic accessible and relevant.
Thank you Joshua!
Very informative! Thank you!
You are welcome
Wondering how the hige amount of fresh water effected the oceans livestock. Is it possible that this was another reason why people possibly started to live more inland as well, a lack of fish due to a sudden increase of fresh water and change of water temperature causing people to begin hunting more than fishing?
Awesome questions and I wish I knew the answer. I think humans would have avoided the coast for a bit due to the trauma but they would have returned. The whole population of the British isles was estimated to be 15,000 before and 6-7,000 afterwards so it could be that they are even more invisible than before.
And half a millennium later the first farmers began to arrive from the Atlantic coast, which changed the hunter gatherer lifestyle. Our ancestors gradually moved away from fishing. However settlements such as the Somerset levels continued well into the Iron Age. Lovely succinct broadcast. Many thanks 🙏
This is a very in depth and well made video, thank you for this.
You are welcome! Glad people are still finding it and enjoying it. I will return to prehistory in the future, just working through a list of historical topics first!!
@@AlexIlesUK I'm a geographer writing about climate changes in human history. Was searching for info on the 8.2 event and stumbled upon this.
That's amazing - if you are looking for the academic paper I used it's here: Resilience or wipe out? Evaluating the convergent impacts of the 8.2 ka
event and Storegga tsunami on the Mesolithic of northeast Britain
Clive Waddington & Karen Wicks, 2017
The bibliography will also help as there's loads more to look at!
Great description and analysis. Thank you.
This has gotten me curious enough to research other major worldwide 'submarine slides'-one is the 'Alika Slide' on Mauna Loa, of approximately 110 ka, with claims of a run-up of 400+ m (on Lanai?). Hard to believe, but, of the marine fossil deposits, the boffins remark:
"Given rates of subsidence on Hawaii, this would place the deposit at an original palaeo-altitude up to 491 m. "
That would really seem quite extraordinary. (See 'The Hawaiian megatsunami of 110 +/- 10 ka: the use of microfossils in detection'.)
I live in Newcastle and I found a Tsunami sculpture that must be from that. Its astonishing and obviously must be priceless. Any archeologist is welcome to see it.
I presume that this is a joke?
😂
Thanks so much for the fascinating video. Maybe I missed it, but where exactly are you in this video?
Howick, Northumberland!
He's in the middle.
This is one of my favourite comments on this episode.
There are varied theories on why the world went through the climate changes, during the time you are discussing. Possibly other geothermic and comet/meteorite events, scientists aren't 100% on all that, it could even be a combination of factors
Yes, lots of factors as to why it happened. The effects, with things like the Storegga Slide are really intresting to study.
Tell me why research say that it was up till 40 meters in Norway and Faroe Islands?
I presume because it's closer to where the ridge is? More deviating effect and the waves lost power closer to the British isles. I thought it was 12-15 metres near Norway or the Fareos but it's been a while since I read it.
Wow! Wasn't aware of that. Can you imagine seeing those sunami!?
Well it would be the last thing you saw...
Remember it well when I was a nipper. Lol
You're doing well for being 7,000 years old!
Yeah, it was human-caused global warming that melted the Canadian ice shield. 😂
Mesolithic fireplaces in caves produced too much CO2 and freon that damaged the ozone layer. 😂
Cavemen should have eaten the bugs instead 😂😂😂
When did I say it was human caused? 🤔