27th July 2012, 12:34 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:I think time and the profession have been a little unfair to Gimbutas.
Perhaps!
Quote: A theory is only that...it doesn't (shouldn't!) ever become set in stone and many of Gimbutas' critics don't seem to realise that.
Someone should explain this to Gimbutas's supporters, particularly the museum archaeologists.
Quote: As for the neolithic in general....it currently has to be the 'sexiest' archaeology around, with the mesolithic/neolithic interface probably the equivalent of walking on the moon. My own personal hope is that many more stratigraphists get involved with the archaeology of these periods and some of the more 'traditional' excavation methodologies are reconsidered in that light....
Amen!
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