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But „the focus of archaeological research and academic consensus“ is unrelated to such a broad statement on a supposedly eurocentric view. It‘s like saying we j
by quonn 3y ago
But „the focus of archaeological research and academic consensus“ is unrelated to such a broad statement on a supposedly eurocentric view. It‘s like saying we just discovered a new planet last year, very surprisingly, considering the fact that „we“ made Galileo recant. Out of touch with reality and at least 20 years late.
Then, David, I‘m not sure where you are from and perhaps in your country what you call „software developers“ (a term which seems to conveniently exclude yourself, guessing from your username) are _usually_ uneducated people living under a rock, but let me inform you that where I am from this is not the case and many have a wide range of interests and are certainly as qualified as anyone else to have an opinion on what is not a subtle detail of archaeology research but a topic of general interest that happens to be closely connected to politics.
So the original comment raised a valid point, worth discussing.
- notahacker 3y agoIt is interesting how you consider that the researcher's opinion on the significance of his research and the relative difficulty of obtaining funding is something which should be omitted, whereas someone entirely unconnected with the expedition's dismissal of his comments as 'vapid moralising' is "worth discussing". Perhaps, where you come from, software developers' wide range of interests leads them greater authority than archaeologists on archaeology? I will grant that (unlike the drive-by culture warring against "being overly PC", the BBC and climate change by other people demonstrating the breadth of their interests elsewhere in the thread) the OP does actually give us something relevant to discuss: the "lost city" in the Xinguano region still occupied by the descendants of the few survivors of contact with Europeans has been "discovered" multiple times during the 20 year period between Rostain's first study of the Upano region and his LiDar survey (Xinguano was covered the exactly same way; just like the trope of changing agriculture-centric views comes up every time Göbekli Tepe or similarly early structures are discussed... without triggering HN). I guess you could stretch those recent discoveries to arguing that there's absolutely no research bias towards Europe and nobody ever conflated the Conquistadors' failure to find cities full of gold in the Amazon Basin with there being no ancient history to find, and it'd be relatively easy to defend the Meggers hypothesis about the unsuitability of the Amazon for major city building by insisting it wasn't Eurocentric, it was just wrong. But nobody seems interested in anything wider than getting angry at the idea Eurocentrism has ever been a thing...
- quonn 3y agoEven though you are not even trying to construct any kind of coherent argument, let me respond with an article by a computer scientist that you apparently so much despise: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/1/8/lewis-reaping-what-we-taught/ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/1/8/lewis-reaping-wh...
- notahacker 3y agoSorry kid, if you meant to convince me you had an interest in archaeology rather than an ignorance of archaeology exceeded only by reflective hatred of thoughtcrime against Eurocentrism, you might have been better off posting pretty much anything else... Shame, a discussion on the Meggers hypothesis might have actually been interesting, but if you have nothing to offer but distinctly third rate culture war arguments then so be it.