Re: Stone Scrapers

From: Eric Stevens (eric.stevens_at_sum.co.nz)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:00:58 +1300

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 23:23:33 -0600, Tom McDonald
<tmcdonald2672@nohormelcharter.net> wrote:

>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:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:44:43 GMT, "Alan Crozier"
>>>>>><alan.crazier@telia.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"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.

So is Google.

Eric Stevens