tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post7652264633472176359..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: More Neolithic Violence: the Mass Grave at HalberstadtJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-45985423880059172022018-06-27T06:16:06.371-04:002018-06-27T06:16:06.371-04:00 Not a comment on this post. A more general commen... Not a comment on this post. A more general comment - thank you for all I have learned or been aroused to following your blog. Always interesting, eminently informative and a pleasure, like a lucky dip, unwrap the latest gem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-15744702365130343202018-06-26T21:19:12.594-04:002018-06-26T21:19:12.594-04:00But what does it mean, in this case, for these peo...But what does it mean, in this case, for these people to be "part of the same culture"? What does that have to do with anything?<br /><br />Surely two neighboring tribes that speak the same language, although using the same technologies and production methods, although worshipping the same gods, although practicing the same rituals and ceremonies, and even employing the same styles of art and artifice, could be utter enemies purely because of tribal bickering.<br /><br />How broadly are we defining this "single" culture, and why does it matter? Is this akin to Italian or Greek city states feuding? Is it even more narrow, such as Protestants and Catholics within a single town trying to cut each others' throats? Is it even less clear cut than that, such as the descrimination in France against Cagots? And whichever it is, why are we emphasizing it so strongly here?G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com