Ancient "assembly" line

[JoshinMO]

I wonder how many People may have worked one artifact? Not that one couldn't do it all. Just a thought.
I guess i should have put this in the lifestyles section, oops.

[Kyflintguy]

I guess it's impossible to say for sure Josh. I did read an account of Flintknapping witnessed by an early settler/ explorer were two NA worked together while knapping with one holding the piece being worked and the other striking it.

[JoshinMO]

That could definitely help! If theres a better place for this topic,  :dunno:  please move it.

[Ron Kelley]

:laugh: Hey Josh, I think fellow Michigander Henry Ford started the assembly line.  :laugh:

[JoshinMO]

But did he make points before the model t's and a's? :laugh:

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

JoshinMO wrote:

But did he make points before the model t's and a's? :laugh:

  i dont think so
but he did loose his fortune 2 times in prior auto manufacturing adventures

[OnewiththewilD]

i guess it depends on what it is. i can see a big ol' steatite bowl being worked on by more than one person. one guy busts it outta the quarry, someone else carries it back to camp, maybe people take turns scarping and shaping it down? just like today, nobody knows it all. lets say one dude is really good at picking out and carving bow staves, while another guy was better at making arrows? then lets say someones wife or sister braids up the string?  who knows!