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Discovering The Upscale Cavewoman Discoveries by Soffer and Adovasio have changed perceptions about Stone Age people, showing anthropologists and the public that these were not ignorant people dressed in furs, but rather intelligent people making complicated textiles. Before Soffer's find, the oldest textiles were associated with an agrarian society about 6,000 to 7,000 years ago. Soffer has found small amounts of cordage dating from 14,500 to 15,000 years ago. Fellow professor Stanley Ambrose believes Soffer has better informed the public with her bold and innovative research of the Paleolithic. Discoveries by Soffer and Adovasio have changed perceptions about Stone Age people, showing anthropologists and the public that these were not ignorant people dressed in furs, but rather intelligent people making complicated textiles. "She's one of the leaders in the field of understanding the social behaviors of people in Ice Age Europe," Ambrose says. Adovasio agrees. "Olga is a highly experienced and knowledgeable scholar," he says. "She is one of the most focused individuals I have ever met, and I have known very few, if any, with a drive and determination like hers."
Discovering The Upscale Cavewoman


19 posted on 03/31/2007 11:44:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Saturday, March 31, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Funny what studies like this say about the one who releases the studies.

Sexual division of labor early said that in most times and places, clothing and feeding the family with basics (gathering and gardening) was for the most part women's work in most places in the world through most of human history.

Funny how some social scientists seem to want to claim the guy roles for women, in part because the status involved. Truth is women's roles just aren't considered cool enough, especially by feminist scholars. When you read ancient texts, one learns I believe that the contributions of women were more prized in the societies involved (at least as producing valuable commodities) than we do now.

I am reminded of reading the Oddyssey and how all the high born ladies spent their time at clothmaking...and how valuable the commodities themselves were in the eyes of the contemporaries.

But that's not good enough for a certain type of scholar. Some want women to be Female men and the men to be Male women, and that, for the most part, is not how the world worked.


21 posted on 03/31/2007 12:46:15 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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