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Leon Hewer's avatar

Re cultural diffusion: The back and forth between Arnhem land folks and Macassans is another route, and that's not a social taboo afaik.

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Andrew Cutler's avatar

That’s because the contact starts mid 18th century, so it doesn’t complicate indigenous narrative of deep culture and tech being home grown

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Leon Hewer's avatar

I heard it suggested that this maybe started earlier, but either way, it seems like cultural diffusion happens as soon as the laws of physics allow it, so a staunch anti-diffusion stance seems illogical.

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Todd Terrace's avatar

Loved this convo, i have a craving for more on this topic. Keep it up fellas.

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Andrew Cutler's avatar

Thanks!

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meika loofs samorzewski's avatar

Not actually that bad, though my late father-in-law Prof. Helmut Loofs-Wissowa would have agreed in part with you.

For balance now do some reporting on all the in archaeology across the country, i.e. research on country.

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Andrew Cutler's avatar

Why isn’t it that bad?

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