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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.
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Did they not bother to talk to any flint knappers that use their tools? Flint does great on small game. Not just birds, but birds in particular can be a bit delicate to work on, and smaller tools work well. Imo, flint or obsidian are better than steel for birds, and squirrels.
I mean, I get that it's a hands on, documentation thing, but people still use stone tools, even if it's only for the hell of it.
They likely are some of the flint knappers, they just realized no one had published a rigorous scientific paper on it yet and got to work.