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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Thank you very much, Christian! I look forward to reading your paper later today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Bonetools <bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Christian Gates St-Pierre<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 16, 2021 4:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] Info and thoughts on craft learning<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">That's a very interesting question, especially the binary learning system you describe. I don't know of any other instance of such a system, unfortunately. However, I have
addressed the issue of technological learning, and more especially the social sharing or technological knowledge regarding bone tool production in a publication of mine, which I place in attachment to this message (sorry for the self-promotion). Hope this
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Christian Gates St-Pierre</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Université de Montréal<br>
Pavillon Lionel-Groulx<br>
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville<br>
Montréal, Québec, Canada<br>
H3C 3J7<br>
514.343.6111, poste 51711<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">On Thursday, September 16, 2021, 01:23:44 p.m. GMT-4, Liye Xie <<a href="mailto:liye.xie@utoronto.ca">liye.xie@utoronto.ca</a>> wrote:
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<p class="ydpe133867cyiv6667438260msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe133867cyiv6667438260msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">I am seeking help from this incredibly resourceful and knowledgeable group.
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<p class="ydpe133867cyiv6667438260msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">I am working on a paper on the learning patterns of bone shovel production in the Neolithic Hemudu culture in eastern China. It appears
to me that the Hemudu people had a binary system for maintaining their bone shovel tradition, meaning they conformed to the social norms in terms of object style and raw material preference but relied on self-learning to produce the tools. This combination
of social learning and self-learning for an object that was likely tied to a group identity seems odd to me. Because, honestly, I naively expected to find evidence for communities of practice or at least some sort of formal training to maintain an almost iconic
object of society. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe133867cyiv6667438260msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">I have been trying to find comparable studies on cultural transmission and ways of maintaining technological tradition. But, unfortunately,
the case studies I have seen so far are primarily on pottery and lithic productions. In addition, I couldn’t find any mention of a binary learning system as such. Therefore, I wondered if you could point me to relevant publications on bone tools or a binary
learning system for any crafts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe133867cyiv6667438260msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">I understand everyone is very busy. I would appreciate any information or thoughts you could share.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe133867cyiv6667438260msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">-Liye<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe133867cyiv6667438260msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Dr. Liye Xie
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<p class="ydpe133867cyiv6667438260msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Associate Professor & Associate Chair</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="ydpe133867cyiv6667438260msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Department of Anthropology</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="ydpe133867cyiv6667438260msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">University of Toronto Mississauga</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="ydpe133867cyiv6667438260msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#2F5496"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Liye-Xie" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Liye-Xie</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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