[Aztlan] Olmec Tsunamis?

[Clifford T. Brown]

I'm not certain that I've read all of the posts on this topic, so if what
I've written below is redundant, please forgive me.

 

The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is well-known geologically. It's as well-known
geologically and geomorphologically as any part of Mexico. Note, for
example, that the Olmec Gulf Coast "heartland" is also the largest part of
Mexico's oil patch, and so it has been examined minutely by petroleum
geologists. In these lowlands, archaeological site locations correlate
closely with geomorphology, and so the area has also been examined closely
by geomorphologists. For example, Kevin Pope and Chris Van Nagy studied the
Holocene sedimentology at San Andres, Tabasco, quite carefully.

 

When you consider that tsunamis are identifiable geologically by the nature
of their deposits, I think we can fairly conclude that there was no "Olmec
tsunami". It's just not a mystery.

 

Cliff

 

Clifford T. Brown

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