13th October 2010, 08:12 PM
Aye,. Theory definately has its place, but I prefer looking at simple solutions first.
I did scoff at the van excavation when first seeing it, but after reading it thought it was very well done.
Can't read Tilley though. Got subjcted to Shanks and Tilley in Uni, gave up on page 14 when yet again I couldn't find a word they'd used in the dictionary. Was left with the urge to beat them with their own book. This was the view of the entire class. Complex theories are all good and dandy, but I think the more complex the theory, the more you have to take time to explain it simply. My lecturer didn't help as he used most of the same words, but spoken at high speed. Sadly it put all of us off most theory for a long gtime, and as this was the same lecturer as for the Neolthic course, any enthusiasm for anything before the Bronze Age has been sucked out of my soul.
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I did scoff at the van excavation when first seeing it, but after reading it thought it was very well done.
Can't read Tilley though. Got subjcted to Shanks and Tilley in Uni, gave up on page 14 when yet again I couldn't find a word they'd used in the dictionary. Was left with the urge to beat them with their own book. This was the view of the entire class. Complex theories are all good and dandy, but I think the more complex the theory, the more you have to take time to explain it simply. My lecturer didn't help as he used most of the same words, but spoken at high speed. Sadly it put all of us off most theory for a long gtime, and as this was the same lecturer as for the Neolthic course, any enthusiasm for anything before the Bronze Age has been sucked out of my soul.
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