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fitzcoraldo F
fitzcoraldo Jan 19, 2004 10:55:42
Replying to Kozmik_Ken

I'm with you KK, a good show and definitely one of the best I've seen.
I'm a fan of Pryor, I suppose his experience makes it easy for him to jump in with an interpretation. It's also the nature of the show, three days of investigations and a quick opinion. Bish-bosh- archaeology.
I thought the bit about the hoard and the links to south west Ireland and Bavaria was fascinating.
I reckon that surveyor chap was an imposter, he had the right kit on but he was far too enthusiastic and crucially.....he was beardless

N nigelswift
nigelswift Jan 19, 2004 11:03:13
Replying to fitzcoraldo

That's a bit sweeping!

Nigel (bearded surveyor).

S Spaceship mark
Spaceship mark Jan 19, 2004 11:21:30
Replying to fitzcoraldo

I really rather liked Francis Pryor's 'Seahenge' book (which wasn't actually about Seahenge that much). But in Britain BC he puts forward this idea of landscapes being divided into the realm of the living and the realm of ancestors and really does put it forward (almost) as fact.
I have infinite respect for what he's done but this has mainly been wetland, non-megalithic stuff. What stands out in Britain BC is the lack of megalithic stuff and him shoehorning his 'realms' theory onto the Stonehenge landscape. If he had chosen a 'simpler' site he probably could have been much more convincing.
Not to say he isn't a hard working and very good archaeologist with mountains of knowledge, cos he is.