grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-211 days agoWhere I live, I have to have this conversation way too often with people.thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square164linkfedilinkarrow-up1521arrow-down12
arrow-up1519arrow-down1imageWhere I live, I have to have this conversation way too often with people.thelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square164linkfedilink
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-215 days agoYeah copper axes et c were rare, metal utilities and weapons weren’t super common (if we’re talking around the time Columbus arrived and prior). Consider that that was roughly some 500 years ago and copper axes were considered high tech about 5000 years ago around the time of Ötzi. Then again civilization is not defined by its technology but by the quality of life it provides its people so YMMV.
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 days agoThe rarity of metal utilities is depending on location though. Meso- and South America are completely different beasts compared to North America in that regard.
Yeah copper axes et c were rare, metal utilities and weapons weren’t super common (if we’re talking around the time Columbus arrived and prior).
Consider that that was roughly some 500 years ago and copper axes were considered high tech about 5000 years ago around the time of Ötzi.
Then again civilization is not defined by its technology but by the quality of life it provides its people so YMMV.
The rarity of metal utilities is depending on location though. Meso- and South America are completely different beasts compared to North America in that regard.