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Thanks! Much more interesting. Some details of the paper's claims that I enjoyed: - the system was stable over (i.e. their dataset covers) thousands of years

Thanks! Much more interesting. Some details of the paper's claims that I enjoyed: - the system was stable over (i.e. their dataset covers) thousands of years - it has been formerly proposed that these markings represent lunar calendar data but not generally accepted by scholars. No further details on difference from their proposal or why the former proposal was rejected. - they hypothesise a lunar calendar that begins with spring. It just kinda fizzles out during winter when there are no particularly interesting "dates". hus it isn't disturbed by the lack of synchronization between lunar and solar cycles.

s1artibartfast 4y ago
>- it has been formerly proposed that these markings represent lunar calendar data but not generally accepted by scholars. No further details on difference from their proposal or why the former proposal was rejected. The paper actually discusses this in detail. The difference between this and prior lunar proposals is that they hypothesize: 1) what is being counted in lunar months 2) when the system is counting from 3) it supports this with a large amount of contemporary data on animal behavior. If correct, this is an amazing demonstration of data transfer. It decodes basically 850 sets of observational animal behavior data recorded 30,000 on animal behavior years ago. It is like finding the notebooks of ancient scientists for an entire region.
- bjackman 4y ago
  Oh right, I didn't pick up that those were the things that were unique. But yeah that makes sense!