[meteorite-list] Destruction of the Hopewell civilization

[Mark Hammergren]

I, too, would love to hear more about the Hopewell people's use of
meteoritic materials.
As for the sensationalist article by Tankersley et al., it was convincingly
refuted by others and finally formally retracted from the journal this year.

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On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 9:22 AM Anne Black via Meteorite-list <
meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This was brought to my attention, but I had never heard of the event.
> Anyone?
>
>
> https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2022/02/did-comets-fiery-destruction-lead-to-downfall-of-ancient-hopewell.html
>
> One interesting line:
> *The Hopewell people collected the meteorites and forged malleable metal
> from them into flat sheets used in jewelry and musical instruments called
> pan flutes.*
>
> It would be interesting to hear more.
>
> Anne Black
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