18th June 2010, 10:49 PM
as madweasel says a timely article..
her is a pertinent quote
Are we archaeologists or entertainers. I am a believer that you can be both... perhaps I like the stage however.. to mislead the public who now firmly believe the gladiators to be a FACT is worrying.
And as we now have established, this research and work has been carried out years previous to the new programme wher the only difference is in interpretation... ho hum! Would love to hear more... as I am only too aware of the editing power of a TV company... where the "but it could also be"... and the "of course we can't be sure " is cut from the final edit.. er.. for time reasons....
leaving you standing there making absolute statements of facts..
I agree with what troll says and perhaps it is just us that have the forensics thought to think... hang on? why all 6 types of gladiator! wait a minute the tooth evidence is dodgy... er... the decapitations were more common... etc etc etc evidence that does not fit is given a torturous explanation... what about simple facts
As I said at teh start... the YAT give the option to vote for we don't have enough evidence... use that wisely
her is a pertinent quote
Quote:Of course television and film loves this sort of "intriguing new theory".
Are we archaeologists or entertainers. I am a believer that you can be both... perhaps I like the stage however.. to mislead the public who now firmly believe the gladiators to be a FACT is worrying.
And as we now have established, this research and work has been carried out years previous to the new programme wher the only difference is in interpretation... ho hum! Would love to hear more... as I am only too aware of the editing power of a TV company... where the "but it could also be"... and the "of course we can't be sure " is cut from the final edit.. er.. for time reasons....
leaving you standing there making absolute statements of facts..
I agree with what troll says and perhaps it is just us that have the forensics thought to think... hang on? why all 6 types of gladiator! wait a minute the tooth evidence is dodgy... er... the decapitations were more common... etc etc etc evidence that does not fit is given a torturous explanation... what about simple facts
As I said at teh start... the YAT give the option to vote for we don't have enough evidence... use that wisely