Scaley-backs vs Wooley backs

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tiompan Apr 27, 2006 09:57:34
Replying to fitzcoraldo

Hi Fitz , Tilley pointed out that Welsh coastal Neolithic settlements were almost exclusively on Meso sites . One great advantage of the coast is you can gather at night , set the alarm for when the tides out and there's a decent moon , bosh time and a half too. The diet change is an odd one ,I think it was prior to to Neolithic up here though. Seemingly salmon skins make a fine mock mohair silver suit , a lot sharper than dull inland browns and reds .

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fitzcoraldo Apr 27, 2006 10:41:33
Replying to tiompan

Hi G
That's a good point regarding the tides.
I suppose it throws up the contrast between farmers and fishermen.
Farmers work on a long solar time scale whereas fishermen work to a short lunar time scale. But I guess it's not that simple. Fishermen have a number of seasons throughout the year depending on which fish are accessible.
I wonder how this solar-lunar contast may have affected the belief systems/spiritual identities of prehistoric communities and could this have brought about conflicts between the two communities.
I would imagine that farming communities would have maintained fairly good relationships with their fisher-neighbours as both communities could have benefitted from a good trading relationship.