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Hekantonkheries t1_iz3tw2s wrote

Reply to comment by Mister_Bloodvessel in 5,000-Year-Old Owl-like plaques May Have Been ancient Toys by MeatballDom

I think part of it is necessities of the society.

A lot of the "leisure" activities associated with modern culture is because of material excess afforded by industrialized manufacturing and resource procurement. One worker can literally create thousands of times more product than they could then.

This means the time, labor, and materials of a crafts worker is MUCH more valuable, and thus less likely to be spent on "trinkets". That and, looking at society post-early agriculture, free time didnt really exist much for the majority of the human population, due to social hierarchies and labor demands.

That being said there are some civilizations that would enjoy a certain degree of material excess; usually due to a mass utilization of slaves in lieu of automation in industry (greeks being a prime european example).

Not to say your point has any less validity, just that for a lot of cultures it was literally a case of "ain't got time/money for that"

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Shaushage_Shandwich t1_iz48wly wrote

>A lot of the "leisure" activities associated with modern culture is because of material excess afforded by industrialized manufacturing and resource procurement.

The idea of leisure time and leisure activities only coming about after, and as a result of industrialisation and mass production has been questioned by a lot of people. Here's an interesting article that goes into some of the research that suggest hunter gatherers may have had more leisure time than modern people. https://www.rewild.com/in-depth/leisure.html

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Mastercat12 t1_iz4rhm6 wrote

They worked more then us, on the days they worked. Which was half the year usually. Then it was working on infrastructure projects and leisure.

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Galahead t1_iz45c1k wrote

These objects are almost exclusively found in larfe monumental stone underground burial tombs. They are also very common in portugal

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