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To: Openurmind

Stone blades and tools were quickly abandoned.

For those made of steel and iron as soon as the “natives” could get them.

If stone tools were so superior why did they go away.


46 posted on 05/19/2024 3:26:05 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: riverrunner

“If stone tools were so superior why did they go away.”

My point was not that they were superior, they were prone to breakage of course. My point was that in the nomadic hunter gatherer situation stone was just more independent, handy, and practical. It was not dependent on other humans for mining and foundry infrastructure. But of course when a new culture was introduced and metal blades were more “readily available as a trade currency” why not take advantage of that? Be stupid not to. It no longer required them to build all their own metal working infrastructure, They could just trade a few furs for one from the new culture traders.


47 posted on 05/19/2024 4:04:05 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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