Quick tangential recommendation for those interested in ancient history: If you're ever in northern Spain, check out Santander's Archaeological Museum. I did a couple of days ago, and it's the best presented I've ever seen, with some very old and academically significant artifacts plus some coverage of earlier and later periods to boot. Most of the museum focuses on human evolution within the neolithic: a very hard topic to present in three languages (English, French, Spanish) to an all-ages audience without boring people to tears.
> “The ancient master was skilled in techniques previously considered not characteristic for the Palaeolithic era, such as easel speed drilling, boring tool type rasp, grinding and polishing with a leather and skins of varying degrees of tanning,”
Uh, copy-paste error by the author? Perhaps they should work on their editing skill type digital.
I was impressed at the technical skill needed to make the bracelet. Also, that the bracelet was fashioned from imported chlorite. So, not only was it manufactured in a sophisticated way, but it was obtained through some sort of trade, which implies sophisticated interactions with other remote groups of people - I think it safe to label them people.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/the-ot...