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convergent production
convergent production Convergent production is the independent development of very similar, specialized ways of making things in different groups or places.
Convergent production is the independent development of very similar, specialized ways of making things in different groups or places. In this source, it refers to stone-tool manufacturing methods that closely resemble one another even though they arose under different circumstances and may have served different purposes or meanings.