peoples use what this person (Mann) calls a slash and burn technique that equivocates to present "slash and burn" techniques.. Same term meaning different things in different time periods. In fact, I call it convenient conventionism for ease of understanding by scholars and others that have no usatory knowledge (common sense developed by actual use and associative knowledge of same in the past). So, the way I look at it, there is no basis for the argument you propose. But, I'm not a smart as you, Billy...