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Origin of the Duci'ne

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caveman2533:
When referencing the bolt knapping video, i believe the other poster was merely attempting to refute your argument that traditions are carried out for generations and if it was seen by early explorers then it must have been a millennia old tradition and could be extrapolated to extend as far back as even Clovis.

AncientTech:
Ed,

The person who referenced the bolt knapping video is presenting a strawman argument.

For the record, I do not believe that simply because an explorer saw a technique, that proves that the Clovis knappers used the same technique.

At the same time, I do not believe that at the end of the Ice Age, a group of "anti-overshot police" rose up among the paleoindians, and patrolled two continents, while forcing everyone to "stop the practice", or "stop the practicing of overshot technology".

I do not believe that it can be proven that late stage overshot technology "disappeared".  Nor do I believe that it can be proven that late stage Clovis overshot is necessarily the signature of a distinctive technology. 

In other words, if late stage controlled overshot is not actually the signature of a distinctive technology - or a "standalone technology" - then how could one know whether the practiced disappeared, if only the creation of overshot disappears from the record?

The idea might make a good movie, though,"Red Warriors Stop Overshot Makers On Two Continents, Before Ice Thaws". 



 

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