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In ancient times with no light pollution they could probably see and track meteorites falling. And it could have been easier to access to get those metals than
by xbmcuser 29d ago
In ancient times with no light pollution they could probably see and track meteorites falling. And it could have been easier to access to get those metals than mining.
- wood_spirit 29d agoPerhaps sometimes they saw it hit and went to find it? But the night is long and people should be indoors asleep near the fire and meteorites fall all around the clock anyway? So perhaps they mostly just picked weird rocks up off the ground, as the Inuit did? When you spend time outside with the herds you probably notice unusual wrongs.
- nkrisc 28d agoThe Inuit probably had a much easier time finding them, as they would stand out quite starkly among snow and ice. Not exactly the same, but I’ve seen video of meteorite collecting on the Antarctic ice sheet near the South Pole and they just fan out in a big line and walk across the ice picking up meteorites.
- whycome 28d agoAnd part of the year is full day of darkness
- russdill 29d agoThey go completely dark at a very high altitude. I feel like a bright sunny day would give you a better chance of seeing a falling rock, at least once it gets closer to the ground