Audrey Wrote:
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> Warwick Wrote:
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> > please provide direct reference of
> Egyptologists
> > calling the AE primitive.
> > Early,Old,intermediary,New,....once upon a time
> > they did employ "archaic". Then of of course
> > there is pre dynastic, protodynastic,
> > Badarian.............
> >
> > Thank you in anticipation
>
> What kind of word game is this now? Archaic is
> essentially the same as primitive. Don't know who
> you're talking too because you're not using the
> quote function. You assume everyone is reading in
> the same format that you are. Guess what, we're
> not all reading or thinking in your format.
>
> If you're talking to me, the last book I read on
> the history of mummies used the word primitive.
> And several articles and books use the word. I
> don't know what to tell you other than crack open
> a few books and see what adjectives are being
> used. I'm not willing to look back at all the
> material I've read looking for one word to prove
> to you something exists.
>
> 'Primitive' is a relative term. Shouldn't you know
> this if you're an anthropologist.
> The AE tools are primitive compared to ours today.
> You would deny this?
> Are you saying Egyptologists have evolved from
> their 'primitive' views of the AE to an advanced
> modern politically correct stance now?

What kind of word games are YOU playing now?


The AE's tools were NOT primitive, they were Low-Tech.


Many of the tools they used are still in use today, e.g. hammer, chisel, pick-axe, adze, etc. These tools take many forms but their functions are (still) basically the same. Also, the fact that these tools are still in use today supports the fact that they are effective.