gwyl Wrote:that's the A40 for you

although why you'd want to go to Cheltenham eludes me. ..

I can exclusively reveal that the Cheltenham spa has nothing to do with Minerva and natural springs and wot not...it's a fountain of eternal youth based on Guinness! :0There is a special Festival every year which is a rite of spring...fabulous. You really should try it some day...}

gwyl Wrote:all of which is true

but what it all comes down to is that a lot of prehistory is 'complete bollocks'; all this rubbish about increasing complexity and hierarchies and centralisation of production and sacred landscapes of the eternal naval; frankly it's all dungeons and dragons and arthur and the medievalisation of prehistory. 'complete bollocks'.

it does go some way (that is to say a very long way) to explaining why my pot dates read one thing, my stratigraphy agrees but not entirely and my radiocarbon dates say wahey it's all prehistory, innit and i'm left holding a baby that is a tradition that extends through time and across space

prehistory is 'complete bollocks'

maybe that'll find it's way into the publication report, even at this late hour of the day

best get back to medieval smithing and potting

proper archaeology; not makeyuppyology

one last time 'COMPLETE BOLLOCKS'

OOOOOOOOOOoooooooooohh that feels good

Unitof1 Wrote:Apart from agriculture came by boat to kent and then decided that for the rest of Britain it would walk from there bollocks

Eh are also landowners, owners of monuments and statutory advisors to planning applications. Do they start saying well actually causewayed thingys are just some isolated property development which never caught on and have little archaeological significances in the greater scheme of things, so put up an outer town super market, we refuse to schedule another one if it is found, just get some more dates to prove our theory?.

Unitof1 Wrote:Apart from agriculture came by boat to kent and then decided that for the rest of Britain it would walk from there bollocks

Unitof1 Wrote:Eh are also landowners, owners of monuments and statutory advisors to planning applications. Do they start saying well actually causewayed thingys are just some isolated property development which never caught on and have little archaeological significances in the greater scheme of things, so put up an outer town super market, we refuse to schedule another one if it is found, just get some more dates to prove our theory?.