[meteorite-list] New Paper Rebukes Claim That an Exploding Comet Destroyed Hopewell Culture

[Paul]

New Paper Rebukes Claim That an Exploding Comet Destroyed Hopewell Culture
Jason Colavito Blog, August 9, 2023
https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/new-paper-rebukes-claim-that-an-exploding-comet-destroyed-hopewell-culture

Comet Catastrophe Debunked: Archaeologists Refute Claims That a Comet
Destroyed Hopewell Culture, Science Tech News, August 17, 2923\
https://scitechdaily.com/comet-catastrophe-debunked-archaeologists-refute-claims-that-a-comet-destroyed-hopewell-culture/

Archaeology: Did a comet end the Hopewell civilization? Evidence slim
Brad Lepper,The Columbus Dispatch. June 2, 2022
https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/2022/06/02/hopewell-culture-claims-exploding-comet-ohio-destroyedcivilization/9999016002/

The open access paper is:

Nolan, K.C., Weiland, A., Lepper, B.T., Aultman, J., Murphy, L.R.,
Ruby, B.J., Schwarz, K., Davidson, M., Wymer, D., Everhart, T.D.
and Krus, A.M., 2023. Refuting the sensational claim of a Hopewellending
cosmic airburst. Scientific Reports, 13(1), p.12910.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-39866-0

Yours,

Paul H.