tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post5611807814864703812..comments2024-03-18T11:38:13.384-02:30Comments on Elfshot: Progress and Reindeer SkinsTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473674521424237610noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-61694102751117343532013-08-30T04:26:38.039-02:302013-08-30T04:26:38.039-02:30I'll send you some old carpets, then :)I'll send you some old carpets, then :) maroonedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392555584772218566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-21883738443681678902013-08-29T09:27:45.938-02:302013-08-29T09:27:45.938-02:30There might be a correlation between the loss of t...There might be a correlation between the loss of the bow and the loss of the drill. <br /><br />I hadn't counted on the skins being so nice when I started planning the parka. I've grown attached to having them around the house. It'll be tough to cut them up.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473674521424237610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-86494311213792443672013-08-29T04:19:30.029-02:302013-08-29T04:19:30.029-02:30Maybe the loss of the bow led to the end of the dr...Maybe the loss of the bow led to the end of the drill? Can't wait to see the Dorset parka. maroonedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392555584772218566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-72112368711073701012013-08-26T19:02:36.406-02:302013-08-26T19:02:36.406-02:30I wish I knew. I think the reason that I'm so...I wish I knew. I think the reason that I'm so interested in Dorset archaeology is that they did so many puzzling things - like give up the drill. It doesn't seem like the sort of technology that could be easily lost. If the guy who knows how to make the drill gets lost hunting and never comes home, then someone else in camp could probably figure it out. Giving up drills seems to have been a conscious decision. Bob McGhee has imagined a scenario where the spinning action of a drill could have been linked to the swirling wind and snow of a run of bad weather. Perhaps the Dorset shamans made drills taboo to try to reverse a run of bad luck. There would be no way to prove a scenario like that, but its the kind of real life situation that could explain an otherwise irrational looking decision.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473674521424237610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-25577225359004374212013-08-24T15:47:58.529-02:302013-08-24T15:47:58.529-02:30Fascinating work, Tim. I wonder why a drill wasn&#...Fascinating work, Tim. I wonder why a drill wasn't part of their tool kit?Mikenoreply@blogger.com