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jberryhill

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1. Any culture with iron metallurgy encounters magnetic phenomena

Reply to RandiFan1290 (Original post)

Wed Jul 31, 2019, 08:26 PM

Jul 2019

Even if one is simply collecting and working meteoritic iron without doing any smelting.

News flash: ancient humans were just as clever as modern ones.

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Harvard study reveals ancient Mesoamericans knowledge about Earth's magnetism [View all] RandiFan1290 Jul 2019 OP

Any culture with iron metallurgy encounters magnetic phenomena jberryhill Jul 2019 #1

But the point is that Mesoamericans didn't have iron metallurgy muriel_volestrangler Aug 2019 #2