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17th November 2005, 11:34 AM
nano-antiquarianism [?][?][?]
artefact collecting at a factor of 10 to the power of minus nine[?]
a veiled swipe at sample sizes [?]
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17th November 2005, 12:28 PM
I think he means 'neo-antiquarianism'!
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17th November 2005, 01:17 PM
Actually, I think he means that archaeologists are getting smaller to the point of being invisible to the naked eye. I believe that many diseases may soon be traced to the accidental inhalation of nano-antiquarians. On the plus side, world food problems could soon be solved since one turnip will feed 100 nano-antiquarians for two years and the housing crisis will be solved since entire nations will fit into a small bedsit.
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Eggbasket
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"All human endeavour is futile"
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17th November 2005, 03:56 PM
This new Century could be seen as the age of nano-antiquarianism.Some of the questionable practises of the fathers of archaeology are still happening today in British archaeology and elsewhere.Commercial archaeology can be seen as hack and slash but is ok because ppg 16 protects the archaeology.Runaway commercialism is disguising the behaviour and hideous scale of the devastation wreaked upon the nations heritage by nano-antiquarians.
Agreed. I find that the smaller the archaeologist the worse the recording. Anyone else see this pattern of behaviour?
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17th November 2005, 03:58 PM
Ooops. Sorry about shouting...
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17th November 2005, 04:08 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Sparky
Ooops. Sorry about shouting...
I think that is definitely something to shout about. No more small archaeologists. After all, if we want the profession to gain in stature then we should staff it with people to match!!!!
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17th November 2005, 04:11 PM
Quote:quote:Runaway commercialism is disguising the behaviour and hideous scale of the devastation wreaked upon the nations heritage by nano-antiquarians.Discuss
Presumably in this case the 'hideous scale' refers to 1:72-scale Airfix model archaeologists.
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17th November 2005, 04:17 PM
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17th November 2005, 06:34 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by eggbasketI think that is definitely something to shout about. No more small archaeologists. After all, if we want the profession to gain in stature then we should staff it with people to match!!!!
guess I'd better go and get a proper job then...
++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++
21st Century treasure hunters and antiquarians
But I'm tiny! 5 ft 3 and a half (and the 'half' really matters!), just you wait till I'm big and grown up!!! 
