The Modern Antiquarian. Stone Circles, Ancient Sites, Neolithic Monuments, Ancient Monuments, Prehistoric Sites, Megalithic MysteriesThe Modern Antiquarian
Home Latest Posts Forums Maps Help
Browse Sites News Blog Contributors The Books
Head To Head   The Modern Antiquarian   General Discussion Forum Start a topic | Search
The Modern Antiquarian
Re: Glastonbury resident antiquarians and festival,.
301 messages
Select a forum:
Mustard wrote:
Fact and speculation. Two very different things.


Quote from the 2013 Avebury and Stonehenge Combined Research Agenda:

"All the above questions lead inexorably to the Why? questions, although these are perhaps the first that come into most people’s minds. Why were these monuments built – why here, why then, why at all? What was their purpose? ... It can be tempting to propose grand schemes of interpretation, as if we have some special access into past world-views, but speculations, lacking a solid and testable evidential base, should not take the place of reasoned interpretation. That is not to say that that speculation has no value, since informed curiosity can suggest avenues for fruitful research, but answers need evidence, and it is through carefully considered research that such evidence is most effectively sought."

Seems reasonable to me - speculation creates ideas, research and resulting evidence tests those ideas.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/1542[...]ined-Research-Agenda-July-2013


Reply | with quote
thesweetcheat
Posted by thesweetcheat
31st July 2013ce
20:57

In reply to:

Re: Glastonbury resident antiquarians and festival,. (Mustard)

1 reply:

Re: Glastonbury resident antiquarians and festival,. (Mustard)

Messages in this topic:

Terms & Conditions  |  Home  |  Julian Cope presents Head Heritage Top of page