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I guess you should probably take it up with Prof Stephen Rostain, director of investigation at the National Centre for Scientific Research in France, who led th
by Angostura 3y ago
I guess you should probably take it up with Prof Stephen Rostain, director of investigation at the National Centre for Scientific Research in France, who led the research - and who the BBC quotes directly, rather that giving the journalist a kicking.
If the Prof says he was warned against this research at the start of his career because scientists believed no ancient groups had lived in the Amazon. Then this is clearly an interesting new angle. Sorry that you found it too "woke".
- thworp 3y agoIf you just read the quote in the article it does look a bit silly. The reason why people warned him and why the field of history was so "eurocentric" is because it is extremely difficult to find evidence in the Amazon. Nobody doubts the existence of Tenochtitlan or Cuzco because we have both written sources and archeological evidence. In this context, complaining about eurocentrism does come across as motivated reasoning.
- Angostura 3y agoYou'll excuse me if I think the Professor probably knows a bit more about the field and its internal politics than the commenters here.