This shows Moll's Salt site in Tarragon (Cataluña, Spain). [Credit: M. Vaquero et al.]
This shows Moll's Salt site in Tarragon (Cataluña, Spain). [Credit: M. Vaquero et al.]
It is only recently that our societal norm has become “thow-a-way”.
I think the concept is simply called “being frugal.”
I’d like to know how they came up with the 13,000 year “guess”.
When they find the ruins of our civilization, they’ll remark on how well things seemed to be going before the inexplicable switch to absurd, inefficient fuel sources and the inexplainable use of giant batteries that have left behind pools of highly toxic waste.
So why don't we use stones?
“recycled their stone artefacts to be put to other uses”
recycled, my ass. They simply found another use. What a lamebrain article. Under this reasoning, recycling was going on for millions of years by one animal choosing to eat another, and recycling it into turds.
The expert ensures that “we chose these burnt artefacts because they can tell us in a very simple way whether they have been modified after being exposed to fire.
Since they show no pictures of the artefacts in question I have no way of knowing but it was very common for ancient man to heat treat various flints. Sometimes working a piece into a crude biface to get the thickness down or heating thinner spalls. I’ve been flint knapping for over 40 years and use the same process, my favorite method is a turkey roaster with the pan taken out and filled with sand and the pieces I want to heat. I used to use the same method they did and thats to just dig a shallow hole and lay your pieces in the bottom then cover with about an inch of dirt, then build a fire on top. 400 to 450 degree’s works with most flints, jasper and novaculite need to be taken above 600 degree’s to get the desired results.
They say a new car, if parted out, would be 3X the retail price of the whole car. Why is that?
