Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA19998 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:58:03 +0100 Message-ID: <570E2BEE7BC5A34684EE5914FCFC368C10FC43@fillan.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: Bones Reveal Some Truth in 'Noble Savage Myth Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:50:53 +0100 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Filter-Info: UoS MailScan 0.1 [D 1] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
That's right, I've seen a similar programme. Apparently its the remains
from a monastery in Hull (what were they up to?) from the 12th century.
One of the problems is the difficulty in determining syphillis as the cause
of death from a skeleton, and the historical record gives no apparent
indication of syphillis before the return of sailors from the new world. I
discussed this with a friend of mine who proceeded to investigate this and
produced a welter of data to suggest that the dominant paradigm remains very
well supported by the main body of evidence. Could be wrong though.
Vincent
> ----------
> From: Lawrence DeBivort
> Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 14:00 PM
> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
> Subject: RE: Bones Reveal Some Truth in 'Noble Savage Myth
>
> IIRC, I saw a science program on our PBS-TV that reported it was likely
> that
> syphillis was detected in skeletal remains unearthed in some seaport in
> England before Europeans had contact with North America. The bones were at
> the site of a building that served seafaring voyagers, and the speculation
> was made that the disease might have originated elsewhere in Europe.
>
> Lawrence
>
>
>
>
-- The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of the University of Stirling shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.=============================================================== This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing) see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Apr 17 2002 - 15:29:40 BST