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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am seeking help from this incredibly resourceful and knowledgeable group.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I understand everyone is very busy. I would appreciate any information or thoughts you could share.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Liye<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Dr. Liye Xie <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Associate Professor & Associate Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Department of Anthropology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">University of Toronto Mississauga<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Liye-Xie">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Liye-Xie</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496"><a href="https://www.anthropology.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/liye-xie/">https://www.anthropology.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/liye-xie/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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