12th February 2007, 03:23 PM
Publicity stunt or not what worries me more is that some of the theoretical discourse which has led to the surge of relativism in archaeology in the past 20 years seems to finally catch up with the public. Consider the following statement:
"Other pagans are less impressed with what science has to offer. "Any story that is reconstructed from that data will be an imagined past, which usually turns out to be a blueprint of the present imposed upon the past," said Mr Davies.(The Guardian, Feb. 5th 2007).
This could be taken straight from some of the theoretical text books of the late 1980s and early 1990s (i.e. Shanks and Tilley etc.).
Now it justifies some peoples personal and ideological agendas.
"Other pagans are less impressed with what science has to offer. "Any story that is reconstructed from that data will be an imagined past, which usually turns out to be a blueprint of the present imposed upon the past," said Mr Davies.(The Guardian, Feb. 5th 2007).
This could be taken straight from some of the theoretical text books of the late 1980s and early 1990s (i.e. Shanks and Tilley etc.).
Now it justifies some peoples personal and ideological agendas.