by Farpoint » Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:05 pm
Lithic history
Here is a list of the things that I think affect what we see in lithics.
Every piece of rock is different in some respect, i.e. core material.
Most finds are at the creation location or use location, i.e. lost, thrown away, or forgotten, the really good ones we rarely see except for caches.
Every workman has a different style or skill level, to some degree.
There could be two pieces in the general vicinity of each other and yet be the same age, years apart in age, or hundreds. If they were laying side by side and one had been created by grandpa and the other by his grandson under his tutelage, how would we know?
I have to remind myself that some of these "traditions" existed for hundreds if not thousands of years, how many generations were iterated?
I'm sure there are more.
I'm sorry, my responses are limited. You must ask the right question.
"The track of a glacier is as unmistakable as that of a man or a bear, and is as significant and trustworthy as any other legible inscription"
John Strong Newberry; 1873