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Rupert Soskin wrote: That's a fair point, although if, and I do mean if, practices were similar to those of modern indigenous peoples, huts are rebuilt every few years anyway. A Kogi Indian for example takes about 15 days to make a house and does so once every five or six years. Simple fact is, I haven't a clue. I just don't think they represent a single function. And is often the case in the ethnographic record ,houses are burnt down on the death of the owner /patriach etc , even today it is the accepted thing to burn the caravan and belongings of some travellers after a death . There is also the distinct possibilty that the engravers , certainly the earler ones , were not settled farmers but hunter gatherers practising transhumance and therefore home was not necessarilly permanent structure . Reply | with quote |  12th February 2008ce 16:00 In reply to: Re: Don't mess with my duck tail . (Rupert Soskin) |
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