I mean, culture has existed alongside man ever since their conception as a social animal, and culture is rife with symbolism. Remember the Lascaux caves?
Ok, 2 things.
First, culture is not necessarilly an expression of N.
Here we have "popular culture and type", meaning many artists are considered SP's and SJ's.
If your symbolism is a product of abstract thinking, it's N-, if it's a product of concrete thinking,it's S-. The end result is not prima facie evidence of the thought process which motivated it.
My question is, what kind of framework did/do people in such situations, have to develop abstract thinking, when all their existence is so firmly rooted to the natural world, and they are illiterate, have no education, etc.
Second, let's assume that a given cave painting
is a product of N-.
This does not imply the person who did it was an N-dom. My question, how could they survive as one, in such a world? they couldn't live from cave painting.
Even imaginign an aristocracy in such societies, which could devote its time to spiritualism/star-gazing/cave painting - we are still talking abou 1% of the population. what did the others do, who wouldn't be born to such a priveliged position?