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    It is not the case that The same physical mark can serve radically different social functions across cultures, including ritual, clan identity, or workshop quality-control.

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    • 1.Physical properties (visibility, permanence, placement) constrain possible social functions; not all marks work for all purposes equally.
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    • 2.Some mark functions (e.g., chemical identification of poison) depend on physical properties, not social interpretation, limiting functional flexibility.
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    • 3.Claiming identical physical marks serve 'radically different' functions may conflate superficial similarity with genuine functional equivalence.
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    • 1.Physical marks are semantically inert; meaning derives entirely from social convention and interpretive frameworks specific to communities.
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    • 2.Anthropological evidence shows identical symbols (tattoos, stamps, brands) assigned wholly different meanings across cultures without physical alteration.
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    • 3.Social functions determine how marks are produced, applied, and valued, proving function follows culture rather than physical form.
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