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There’s a Real Archaeological Surprise in Honduras
- arxpoetica 12y agoReally fascinating find. “Fisher emphasised that archaeologists know extraordinarily little about the region’s ancient societies relative to the Maya civilisation.” I appreciate the candor. Archeology is a science ahead of its time. The past is extremely difficult to parse accurately—not to mention biases and political correction. It's always nice when archeologists are careful to not draw conclusions on limited data.
- Steuard 12y agoEvidently this is being blown way out of proportion, and other researchers have been studying this region for some time (to say nothing of the actual people living there, who have known about these "lost cities" all along): http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2015/03/03/theres-a-real-archaeological-surprise-in-honduras/ http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2015/03/03/theres-a-real-archaeolo...
- dang 12y agoThanks for that. Given that the sensational announcement was on HN yesterday (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9158417 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9158417), let's change the URL of the current post to this critique (from http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/06/archaeologists-find-two-lost-cities-deep-in-honduras-jungle http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/06/archaeologists-...).
- cmsefton 12y agoThanks very much, very informative.
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