Re: Cultures whose own name is unknown


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| Richard Fangnail wrote:
| > Weren't terms like "Hyksos" made up by historians long after the Hyksos
| > people died out? Are there other names of cultures like that?
|
| Perhaps the simple answer would be: most prehistoric peoples and
| cultures. Only in the rare cases where they left written records and
| happened to mention their name for themselves are things any different.
| Normally, they get named for the place where their remains were found,
| or some distinctive aspect of their material culture, or in some other
| imaginative way.
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| Other examples: "Anasazi" in the Southwestern US -- a Navaho word
| meaning "old enemies".
| "Lapita" in the Pacific -- the name of the site where their distinctive
| pottery style was first recognized.
|

Would Neanderthal also qualify?

Dyl.

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