Re: Stone Scrapers

From: Tom McDonald (tmcdonald2672_at_nohormelcharter.net)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 23:23:33 -0600

Eric Stevens wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:42:13 -0600, Tom McDonald
> <tmcdonald2672@nohormelcharter.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Eric Stevens wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:31:54 -0600, Tom McDonald
>>><tmcdonald2672@nohormelcharter.net> wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>>>Eric Stevens wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:44:43 GMT, "Alan Crozier"
>>>>><alan.crazier@telia.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Joe Jefferson" <jjstrshp@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:41A39BBD.90CC71E3@mindspring.com...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Is it just me, or does anybody else sometimes get the impression that
>>>>>>>"scraper" is a generic term for any flaked tool an archaeologist
>>>>>>>couldn't identify?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The adjective "ritual" likewise comes in handy for any object or structure
>>>>>>of unknown function. Are there any "ritual scrapers"?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes. They are used by shamans.
>>>>
>>>> And/or shawomans.
>>>
>>>
>>>A Google search on 'shawoman' followed by a subsearch on 'scraper'
>>>produced no results. On that basis, there appears to be no evidence
>>>that scrapers, whether ritual or not, were ever used by shawomen.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Eric Stevens
>>>
>>
>>Eric,
>>
>> What better evidence could you have that Google is run by
>>rampant sexists? :-)
>
>
> Try a "I'm feeling lucky" Google search on <google run by rampant
> sexists>. :-)

Eric,

        So is Jerry Pournelle a rampant, google-running sexist, or a
ritual scraper-using paleolithic shawoman? I'm so confused. 

-- 
Tom McDonald
http://webpages.charter.net/tsmac/tmcdonald2672/