tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568915967186844196.post8091680851402380837..comments2024-03-26T14:19:33.332-07:00Comments on Bench Grass: Soap, Ash and Hope Chests: The Iron Age Revival of the StateErik Lundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728486209757153685noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568915967186844196.post-4332200978534660032017-11-13T08:23:06.191-08:002017-11-13T08:23:06.191-08:00OK, I'll bite... I wouldn't rule out a div...OK, I'll bite... I wouldn't rule out a division between men's property and women's property as a source for grammatical gender, but it would take a lot of work to come up with a plausible pathway of development. On the other hand, did you know that all placenames are feminine in Arabic?<br /><br />According to local oral tradition, Timbuktu and Ghardaia are each named for a lone woman found living there, around which the settlement coalesced... although in both cases the woman's alleged name looks like blatant folk etymology.<br /><br />Also, apropos of that last point, just came across this: <a href="http://www.lynnekelly.com.au/knowledge-and-power-in-prehistoric-societies/" rel="nofollow">"My theory about the purpose of many ancient monuments argues that they were built primarily as memory spaces."</a>.Lameen Souag الأمين سواقhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.com