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RE: Time to leave the stone age and visit the iron age.

in #archaeology7 years ago (edited)

amazing craftsmanship,but without belabouring a point ( no pun intended) and returning to your previous post, why did these tribesmen not use metal- headed digging tools instead of weighted sticks to dig tubers? I just can't get past this - it seems puzzling to me. I mean, yes, back in the stone age they'd use primitive methods, but surely as they progressed they used metal tipped tools for farming type tasks?

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the hunter-gatherers had no knowledge of iron smelting