[SunkenCiv]

Stone fluted points dating back some 8,000 to 7,000 years ago, were discovered on archaeological sites in Manayzah, Yemen and Ad-Dahariz, Oman. Until now, the prehistoric technique of fluting had been uncovered only on 13,000 to 10,000-year-old Native American sites.

[Tacrolimus1mg]

So, in terms of social evolution, the Middle East is several millennia behind South America?

Sounds about right.

[TXnMA]

Frustrating -- as usual. The depicted tools are modern knappers' "experimental artifacts" - not the ones the article is about. :-(

But, they can drive off longer fluting flakes than I can -- consistently... '-)

Thanks for the "Heads up!"!!

TXnMA    
  

[TXnMA]

FTA: "Whereas in the Americas the points were used to facilitate hafting, or attaching the point to a shaft, fluting in Arabia was possibly a mere display of knapping skills."

Wish they'd share how they determined that ...

Guess the proto-Atabs were like the Mayans: invent the wheel -- but only use it on toys...

  

[fso301]

There may just be only so many ways you can knapp stone into a useful tool

[PIF]

more archeological taking through the hat theories

[Mr. Blond]

How many ways are there to work with stone?

[PLMerite]

Take one rock and beat on another rock with it. How many different interpretations of that can there be?