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'Cognitive affordances of South Scandinavian Mesolithic portable art as inferred from complexity and entropy measures' ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

I have invested sooo much energy on this paper, so I hope you will give it a skim

Our findings expertly summarised here by co-author Riccardo:

IIRC that's basically what it is! Back when all glass was blown, you'd make panes by blowing cylinders/bottles, then cutting and laying them flat. The end would be a byproduct and made for a cheap alternative to larger panes.

Until it was taken down last year, there was a wind turbine I could see from my kitchen window. Friends would think I was joking when I said I enjoyed watching it, but I really miss it.

Photo showing a small and dirty piece of flint held between finger and thumb. Small vertical ridges show where microblades have been chipped off from it.

Investigating another mesolithic campsite on the west coast today. This cute microblade core turned up in the first trench!

Love the style of the monochrome concepts. Thought they were already 3D at first, but I see they must be 2D? (Would like to see one of the turf/earthwork houses)

A scattering of small pieces of flint.

Here's a selection of waste flint from our mesolithic campsite. May not be particularly exciting in itself! But the patina indicates that fires have been burnt at the site, and that it's been exposed to swells from the sea. Collected next to a rock, probably used as a seat, 27 m.a.s.l. today!

Two small flint arrowheads shown in the palm of my hand.

Hello!

Don't expect to be posting here a lot. But here, have a couple of arrowheads! From a late mesolithic campsite we found and excavated this year (west coast of Sweden).