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Some of the inferential steps in this article are… “heroic” might be a polite way to put it. “Furthermore, the fact that none of the infant burials found in Va
by huitzitziltzin 3y ago
Some of the inferential steps in this article are… “heroic” might be a polite way to put it.
“Furthermore, the fact that none of the infant burials found in Valencina have grave goods suggests that, among the communities that lived in or frequented this site, social status was not ascribed by birth (and therefore no significant inheritance of wealth occurred), contrary to what would happen later in the Early Bronze Age)32. Therefore, it is fair to assume that the individual inhumed in structure 10.049 gained a prominent social position through merit and personal achievement and did not ‘inherit’ it by birth.”
I mean… on the basis of the tombs that have been found you want to infer that? Sorry but there’s ten other stories that fit the available evidence. This interpretation really stretches credulity beyond the breaking point.
- zgluck 3y agoThe entire article (please actually read it before interacting here) is built upon multiple staggered leaps of faith and ends up collapsing. The authors should study high-school level probability theory.
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- cataphract 3y agoYeah, I could even buy the first part, I don't know archaeology and can't say which inferences about the society you can make based on the existence or absence of grave goods in that era. But it's one thing to characterize the society of the time based on the totality of evidence, it's another to ascribe "merit and personal achievement" to one specific person.
- jojobas 3y ago-Excavations near Bristol revealed copper wires, indicating their use of wired telegraph. -Excavations near Nowherabad revealed nothing, indicating their use of wireless telegraph.
- wokearch 3y ago[flagged]
- joiqj 3y agoIf you google the name of the authors you can see that some of them have a political agenda to push.