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PeterH
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Re: Ritual
Jan 09, 2006, 13:06
If he appears on television - is he not therefore a TV archaeologist? I do not subscribe to the view that television archaeology is of low value or quality. Some maybe.

Mike Parker Pearson is impressive when he keeps away from the easy "ritual" explanation. I do not sneer at him because he appears on the telly, but I did not find his Madagascan view of Stonehenge convincing.

Similarly - his currnt work at Durrington is impressive, but not his interpretation of the"ritual" road to the river and the pick up point to Stonehenge just around the bend.

I mean no insult when I say that I disagree or am unconvinced by an archaeologist holding forth on television, but he is a "TV archaeo" nevertheless. And the ritualising ones give me the pip.
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