3rd February 2012, 12:36 AM
I firmly believe archaeology is for all but if an individual wants a theory to be taken seriously the theory must stand up to intellectual scrutiny. That does not mean the individual has to have a degree nor does it mean that the theory must be approved by an academic elite. All I require is that it can hold up against accepted standards within the scientific and academic world.
You are very concerned about not being patronised and not patronising the great "unwashed". I firmly believe it is very patronising to go down the route of sensationalist archaeology for its own sake. Give the public some credit most of them are perfectly capable of understanding the reservations archaeologists have about pseudo archaeology when they are given access to the facts rather than fed the pseudo archaeology agenda.
I really should not rise to your bait but you are shooting yourself down rather magnificently and I look on in awe at the ensuing wreck.
You are very concerned about not being patronised and not patronising the great "unwashed". I firmly believe it is very patronising to go down the route of sensationalist archaeology for its own sake. Give the public some credit most of them are perfectly capable of understanding the reservations archaeologists have about pseudo archaeology when they are given access to the facts rather than fed the pseudo archaeology agenda.
I really should not rise to your bait but you are shooting yourself down rather magnificently and I look on in awe at the ensuing wreck.