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It is generally accepted that woodland clearings were utilized by Mesolithic human populations (populations in Europe roughly 7,000 to 12,000 years ago) for food procurement. ███████ █████ ███ ██████████ ███████ ██ ████ █████ ██ ███████ ███████ ███████ ██ ███████ █████████ ███████ █████████ ████ ████████ █████████████ ████████ ███ ██████ ████ ██ ████ █████████ ███ ██ ████████ ████ ███

Intro topic / traditional perspective · Generally accepted that woodland clearings were used by Mesolithic people to get food

Not clear on whether the clearings were made deliberately or naturally.

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Weakness of traditional perspective · Archaeological evidence is weak

No secure link between presence of human artifacts and presence of clearings. Don't have much, if any, non-circumstantial evidence that humans prepared animals for food near clearings.

More about evidence for traditional perspective · Based on ethnography

There's evidence that recent people (not Mesolithic) used fire to increase size of areas for animals to graze. (Note that the label "resource-procurement model" is introduced for the traditional belief.)

Different perspective · Other ethnographic evidence suggests that clearings were not used for getting food

This is a "noneconomic" hypothesis for the phenomenon of clearings.

Set-up for alternate hypothesis · Mesolithic people were scared of the wilderness

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Set-up for alternate hypothesis · Mesolithic people moved along woodland paths because of fear

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Alternate hypothesis · Clearings result from concentrated activity along woodland paths

And some clearings may result from people cutting corners in paths or resting along paths.

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Critique or debate

Phenomenon-hypothesis (RC)

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Tuan’s argument doesn’t undermine the resource-procurement model. Rather, the author uses Tuan’s argument to support her own view about the purpose of woodland clearings.

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The author uses Tuan’s argument as support. Tuan’s argument isn’t an example of the view that the author challenges (the resource-procurement model).

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Tuan’s argument isn’t specifically about woodland clearings. So it’s not accurate to say that Tuan developed the hypothesis about clearings that the author favors. The author is the one who applies Tuan’s argument to woodland clearings.

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This best captures the purpose. Tuan’s argument is that human behavior is driven by fear of the wilderness. The author applies this argument to woodland clearings and proposes that woodland clearings result partially from humans’ fear of the wilderness.

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The author doesn’t bring up Tuan’s argument to bring up a similarity to her own view. She wants to use Tuan’s argument to support her own view. Also, Tuan’s view isn’t about the clearings; Tuan’s view is the more general idea that human behavior has been driven by fear of the wilderness.

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