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Isn't archaeology one of those awkward disciplines that won't fit into art or science though? That some archaeologists are doing lots of painstaking physical evidence-collecting of types of soil, bits of pots, remains of people's dinners, using new technology to analyse these things in new ways etc. That's the science. The interpretation of those results, that can be all statistical and sciencey too. But because archaeology is the traces of people, and people do things other than just live and exist in a certain place (with their ideas and their cultures and their societies) that just talking about types of bones isn't enough to describe what might have been going on. So you have people like Darvill who try to imagine the workings inside the mind perhaps, to try and imagine how someone would interpret abit of landscape at the time.
But both those approaches are trying to use evidence, or hints of evidence, to tell us about the past.

Whether you personally had a weird experience somewhere is neither here nor there. That's just a one-off anecdote (interesting though it may be to someone who likes stories about fairies, I'm not knocking weirdness). But weirdness is only really relevant if a place drums up weirdness for most anybody visiting that place - surely?? Like if it has a strange sound. Or unnatural-looking sculptural forms. Or does something weird in the landscape (like the silbury game aforementioned). Or is something weird in the landscape.

That is why archaeologists don't want to engage with weird anecdotes on forums, most of it isn't a lead about what really happened in prehistory, and if you're going to write a paper*, you'll be wanting some firm evidence.

*no papers = no money = no papers.

Yes, I think that's right. Weirdness is no bad thing, it certainly keeps us entertained, but you can't usually build a proper theory on it. Because, as has been said on here quite often in recent months, any theory sooner or later has to be tested and then re-evaluated. That's the problem with the more off-the-wall ideas, they don't usually stand up to proper scrutiny.

There are plenty of people writing books about Atlantis and lizards still, I assume, or has the internet done away with the need to publish these sorts of things now that you can just post it for free on-line somewhere?

"no papers = no money etc" I agree, and you are correct, you'll certainly be wanting some firm evidence if you are trying to build a picture of what really did happen back in the Neoilthic, for example.
Can't argue with that, and I'd get totally narked if I was reading a book that was just full of anecdotal evidence!
But - Sometimes the real facts or 'discoveries' are quite 'weird' and spark conversations which I think are important. They may go along a wobbly path sometimes, and they are not always what some may deem 'sensible', but they have their place in terms of human experience and can be enlightening.

I see the subject as a blend of lots of 'types' of thought, lots of elements, and is enjoyed by many for many different reasons. Its a strange old community, but very enjoyable and an education. If you read widely and engage with others of differing points of view you can learn to separate the wheat from the chaff and come to your own conclusions.