31st January 2012, 12:51 PM
I was born this way -nature or nurture? Sorry the i makes me want to harden the a. but then maybe it should be spelt rtyfact
Sorry I don’t like nationalism in archaeology. I don’t think that archaeology should use nationalism to protect archaeological contexts, mostly because I don’t think archaeological contexts should have any higher value than what an individual wants to pay to find and dig them. I like the fact that archaeological contexts are dissolving before our eyes and that you grab them as you can. I laugh at anybody who thinks that they are protecting some unknown for some unknown future permit holder. Don’t be beholden to the state for your archaeology it just makes archaeology explaining to others what the law of the land is and you will find that civil servants want that job. Lifes too short.
Sorry I don’t like nationalism in archaeology. I don’t think that archaeology should use nationalism to protect archaeological contexts, mostly because I don’t think archaeological contexts should have any higher value than what an individual wants to pay to find and dig them. I like the fact that archaeological contexts are dissolving before our eyes and that you grab them as you can. I laugh at anybody who thinks that they are protecting some unknown for some unknown future permit holder. Don’t be beholden to the state for your archaeology it just makes archaeology explaining to others what the law of the land is and you will find that civil servants want that job. Lifes too short.
Reason: your past is my past