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Fire-and-Water Knapping

Origins of a Lithic Folk Tale

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11380581
AutoresJohn C Whittaker (0000-0002-3529-2379, Grinnell College, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen40
Número1
Páginas40-51
Fecha de publicación2015-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLithic Technology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0197-7261 • E-ISSN: 2051-6185
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/2051618514y.0000000006
OpenAlexW1970372569
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas24

Anthropology is not immune to the processes of folklore, and some “old wives' tales” have surprising endurance, especially in popular culture. The belief that arrowheads were made by dripping cold water on heated stone is a good example. Searching early references shows that this story probably originated in the early years of the last century and was popularized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, but its ultimate origins are obscure. The enduring popularity of this misinformation probably results from widespread ignorance of real knapping processes, and a certain plausibility in the minds of non-knappers

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Epistemology · Folklore · Ignorance · Knapping · Literature · Misinformation · Political science · Popularity · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Intervalo de citas2016 - 2025 (10)
Velocidad de citaciónrecent
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