24th November 2011, 12:54 PM
http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/news-a...ohn-lydon/
I will hold my hand up to the words "So could Denmark Street be Punk’s Lascaux?" because this is an opinion. Fortunately we (at Past Horizons) do not compare Lascaux directly to these images - the comparison is one for punks to decide. a place of mystery or historical mythical relevance.
The concept is one where we record the walls of Lascaux and now we record Denmark Street... is it bad? is it good? will we wish we had in 100 years time? What is contemporary archaeology? :face-thinks:
One thing it did was make people react... think and either disagree or not... but at the end of it... there as a reaction.
Quote:Archaeologists typically record and analyse the traces of past human activities. The caves of Lascaux in southern France are celebrated as a place where early humans made their marks on cave walls. The cave is now protected, and an exact replica is what the public now encounter.
I will hold my hand up to the words "So could Denmark Street be Punk’s Lascaux?" because this is an opinion. Fortunately we (at Past Horizons) do not compare Lascaux directly to these images - the comparison is one for punks to decide. a place of mystery or historical mythical relevance.
The concept is one where we record the walls of Lascaux and now we record Denmark Street... is it bad? is it good? will we wish we had in 100 years time? What is contemporary archaeology? :face-thinks:
One thing it did was make people react... think and either disagree or not... but at the end of it... there as a reaction.