14th October 2011, 11:17 AM
i'm with you red - there are so few provable facts, so few precisely excavated contexts and so few new lines of evidence that we need to tell better stories and push at the believable sometimes - just to retain a degree of relevance in this material world
for me archaeology is all interpretation. sometimes we have pointers but we have hardly any facts about the people who became us. i want to hear extreme views, new ideas and stimulating guesswork . we can use science but we are not really scientists
for me archaeology is all interpretation. sometimes we have pointers but we have hardly any facts about the people who became us. i want to hear extreme views, new ideas and stimulating guesswork . we can use science but we are not really scientists
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers