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- noun archaeology A natural (non man-made) object an an
excavation site, which was originally brought into the site by humans.
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There are hints of some sort of symbolic thinking going back much farther than that...she mentions the 3 million year old Makapansgat cobble, for example...but the nature of the evidence is such that there can only be speculation as to what particular very ancient artifacts such as this manuport might really mean.
A good book, a comfortable chair, and a cool beverage...goodness, I'm easy to please littlemissattitude 2007
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There are hints of some sort of symbolic thinking going back much farther than that...she mentions the 3 million year old Makapansgat cobble, for example...but the nature of the evidence is such that there can only be speculation as to what particular very ancient artifacts such as this manuport might really mean.
Archive 2007-06-01 littlemissattitude 2007
Prolagus commented on the word manuport
«The consensus is that the pebble must have been brought to the cave by an Australopithecus africanus, whose bones were found nearby. Archaeologists call such an object a manuport — something that has been collected but not used for a utilitarian purpose or modified. Other manuports from around 800,000 years ago and later have been found in southern Africa and India.»
Is this the very first readymade?, by Martin Bailey
September 28, 2016