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My buddy the geology grad student claims arrowheads are just 'pretty rocks'. Got me thinking about how we define artifacts
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the_viola22d agoMost Upvoted
100% kellyjones nailed it. My cousin said the same thing about a flint knife I found
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kellyjones22d ago
Draw a line between what humans changed and what nature just made. Arrowheads are pretty rocks that got intentionally flaked and shaped, which is way different than a cool agate you found in a creek. Your buddy's missing how the human effort is what makes the artifact special, not just the material.
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