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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46052 Location: yes
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 23 9:03 am Post subject: winnie the pooh might have been onto something |
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efferlump traps
those who study such things are often lacking in practical experience
the time taken by a palaeontologist to butcher a beast with a sharp stone is probably far longer per ton than taken by a Neanderthal butcher(most tribes have specialists and the rest join in as required)
beast to jerky size strips needs everyday skills and fitness that academics usually lack
i recon the conclusions re tribe numbers might reflect that
make a beast into moveable chunks using the anatomy is efficient, folk who know how are rather good at moving big things, using sharp stones needs more practise than most modern humans have, preserving meat is an exotic thing to most modern humans who have no idea of the assorted subtleties of techniques for different cuts and expected "shelf life"
my estimate , 4 fit adults, 4 competent adults, a few nimble finger kids
less than 10 days for a jumbo jumbo to be in bits and far enough into the preserving process to stop the rot while the meat is still safe and pleasant
did they drop them in cold weather? if so no rush, get what you can while it jumbo is still warm, make it into big bits, let them freeze in a safe place and process them by the fire at leisure
get under the skin of a jumbo jumbo would need a lever as well as a sharp stone, wood and ropes etc don't really get into the record, so most of the handling tools are not considered
these folk were pretty good at medicine, could make very effective hunting weapons, and were rather sophisticated compared to a modern human put into their world, i recon a bit of butchery may have been as normal as shopping and opening a ready meal is to many today
having seen academics trying practical stuff from their specialization, many might underestimate the capabilities of our ancestors by quite a bit
approach things from the direction of how it is still done by a few folk, e.g. a whale is bigger than jumbo, might be one place to start re gross butchery and logistics of a big critter by a smallish group
ditto one person can do a big bear fairly efficiently
it must be possible to find a few stone butchers, a few movers, some nimble fingered kids and a dead jumbo in a similar pit and give it a go
ps if there was a knapper in the team to create and maintain sharp stones it would be almost as fast as using metal tools, sharp wood pegs are as good as metal hooks, even i can make rope out of quite a few things, even i can suggest how to use wood levers, "trees"etc
put a grandad and grandma on comfy chairs with their fiddling tools and wise advice, surrounded by kids doing nimble fingered stuff and singing funny jumbo shredding songs while they learn how to do it ![](images/smiles/icon_lol.gif) |
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