tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post2889034629700746630..comments2024-03-28T06:30:58.474-07:00Comments on Old European culture: Curing = Smokingoldeuropeanculturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-84825567215871976702017-02-14T15:20:01.870-08:002017-02-14T15:20:01.870-08:00I visited Butser Iron age village (pictured above)...I visited Butser Iron age village (pictured above) on a storytelling evening. One effect of the smoke I noticed in large roundhouses is that the smoke forms a ghostly 'smoke ceiling' above the heads of occupants. So the interior is smoke black but a white cloud hangs below the rafters. This reflects light back from a few candles in a most beautiful and illuminating way. The interior becomes suffused with a misty light.<br /><br />Your way of finding the underlying concepts seems valid. The preventing of 'going off' in hunted meat is similar to the body healing an injury. The bacteria doing the spoiling are the same. Flesh injuries would have been a big problem when surrounded by dirt and animal feaces and guts contents. You can lose a limb or life to gangrene. I wonder if they smoked their own flesh wounds to disinfect them. So cure = cure.European Hunter-Gathererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073614689871864106noreply@blogger.com