tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post1672927405262128431..comments2023-10-09T06:54:04.099-06:00Comments on Past Times and Present Tensions: Dean Crawford — Living among the Dobunni: fragmentationJohn Hooker FSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-51037594745576053962015-10-24T13:31:08.813-06:002015-10-24T13:31:08.813-06:00After previewing another message in this thread, I...After previewing another message in this thread, I am putting and end to the bickering. Content-rich comments with information about the subject matter will always be welcomed, however, especially by those who have enough strength of conviction to actually identify themselves.<br /><br />JohnJohn Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-5553009913232302702015-10-24T05:17:36.259-06:002015-10-24T05:17:36.259-06:00Ah! Now I know who you are.
Best wishes and keep...Ah! Now I know who you are. <br /><br />Best wishes and keep the Red Flag flying high. Ha ha ha ha hah!<br /><br />John Howland<br />EnglandJohn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752752229384757087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-2589156831689977942015-10-23T13:40:57.472-06:002015-10-23T13:40:57.472-06:00Why should I subject myself or my family to your t...Why should I subject myself or my family to your tedious, predictable abuse? If you are seen as a representative voice of metal detecting, Mr Howland, then God help metal detectorists...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-13295483153894552552015-10-23T11:42:56.340-06:002015-10-23T11:42:56.340-06:00To Anonymous:
Yes, precisely, amusing satire. Us...To Anonymous:<br /><br />Yes, precisely, amusing satire. Use your real ID....you hypocrite, or more probably, GUTLESS? You uphold the lowest traditions of the bully boys. Or are you really, Barford?<br /><br />John Howland<br />EnglandJohn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752752229384757087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-63160452333530870072015-10-23T10:21:52.255-06:002015-10-23T10:21:52.255-06:00Hi John,
The rot started early -- with the founda...Hi John,<br /><br />The rot started early -- with the foundation of UNESCO. In its foundation speech of 1946, Julian Huxley advocates eugenics and a single world government:<br /><br />http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0006/000681/068197eo.pdf<br /><br />Coming right after the fall of Hitler, it boggles the mind. I am especially interested in attempts to create pro-eugenic laws and in a couple of conversations with Alberta's premier, convinced him to overturn the old Alberta compulsory sterilization act and to financially compensate its surviving victims. It was the largest compensation package in Alberta's history. <br /><br />Huxley also followed Darwin and the latter's ideas about natural selection were later heavily criticized by Nobel laureate Wolfgang Pauli who was a stickler for mathematical proofs (a lot of what Pauli thought was later to become part of the science of epigenetics):<br /><br />http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.437.5253&rep=rep1&type=pdf<br /><br />Sooner or later, archaeological wrongdoing and lack of ethics will be exposed by some journalist with a lot of clout and will make governments really wake up and take a look at what has been happening in the world for a long time. Until that day, we can only chip away at it, bit by bit, until it gets the attention it warrants.<br /><br />Already, though, ethical archaeologists are starting to reveal what has been going on. See my review of _Archaeology under Dictatorship_:<br /><br />http://www.accg.us/projects/book-reviews.aspx<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />JohnJohn Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-54560778806708559412015-10-23T09:49:55.611-06:002015-10-23T09:49:55.611-06:00You mean the 'ad hominem' card like your a...You mean the 'ad hominem' card like your amusing little comment that 'Barford' is Polish for green waste? Hypocrite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-4203785754858766022015-10-23T09:37:12.485-06:002015-10-23T09:37:12.485-06:00Hi John:
WGS makes a succinct comment or three.
...Hi John:<br /><br />WGS makes a succinct comment or three. <br /><br />The so-called 'experts' to which he refers, when chased by the media for a sound-bite, always attribute the monopoly of the villany to collectors, amateurs, and detectorists. However, when pressed about the villainy of their peers they react like cornered rats. That also goes for those in archaeology who try to sweep their past (and present) political associations under the rug. When censured or questioned as is reasonable in a democracy never fail to play the 'ad hominen' card like drowning men clutching at straws. I find their chagrin highly amusing.<br /><br /><br />Regards<br />John Howland<br />England <br /><br /><br /><br />John Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752752229384757087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-85310609809834916412015-10-22T20:29:26.236-06:002015-10-22T20:29:26.236-06:00Hi Wayne,
I have never encountered a more unethic...Hi Wayne,<br /><br />I have never encountered a more unethical profession than academic archaeology. This is no "conspiracy theory" or paranoia. I have been the victim of it three times now, and I have come to the aid of many people who have also been victimized by it.<br /><br />This is why collectors are often accused of being unethical, as it is standard tactics to accuse others of the same wrongdoings perpetrated by the accuser (I was trained in such matters in my younger years).<br /><br />But it goes beyond this: the public, too, are victimized to a degree by being fed all manner on untruthfulness. In a recent example, a book was published in my one of my own specialities which consisted of contributions of a number of academics. Some of it was genuine, but a small clique of authors (seen together in a couple of other compilations) were feeding their own their own theories to the public as fact. Contrary opinions (and there are a number of them) were not even mentioned.<br /><br />The situation within nationalist archaeology, as we both know well, is even more complex and it is often difficult to separate the guilty from their dupes. About the only area completely free of it all lies with those archaeologists at the top of their specialities, but people can find it difficult to impossible to know who they are, and who is merely mimicking them. It takes another specialist to be be able to discern that fact.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />JohnJohn Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-91522972666195600562015-10-22T18:04:44.434-06:002015-10-22T18:04:44.434-06:00John;
I too have had some very productive collabo...John;<br /><br />I too have had some very productive collaboration with professional archaeologists in my 50 years as a Professional Numismatist. The opportunity for that is rapidly diminishing today because of the vituperous attitudes promulgated in recent years by professional archaeological associations and their leadership. That seems to me an effort mainly in reaction to feelings of threat to their profession. It is still possible for amateurs to work with individuals within the profession of archaeology, but not openly nor publicly. There are in fact several prominent archaeologists who are "closet" members of the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild. Work is hard to find for archaeologists in general and those who fail to adhere to the "party line" are almost guaranteed to be excluded from whatever work might come along. Academia is the most cutthroat element of the archaeological world and that is the place that media generally looks to for comment from "experts". One can comfortably bet that any query from the media will lead to a harangue against amateur archaeologists, independent scholars and private collectors. It's not a pretty picture.<br />Wayne G. Sayleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02443529723963083983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-1359515418800253452015-10-22T10:35:11.284-06:002015-10-22T10:35:11.284-06:00Hi Dick,
While true about the funding, I am a lit...Hi Dick,<br /><br />While true about the funding, I am a little more extreme in saying that archaeologists can also have other motivations such as career advancement, book sales and so on. The amateur, as the word implies, has passion and I have seen that passion translated into knowledge far greater than that of many archaeologists. Dean has shared some of that with me with regards the Dobunni, but I knew someone years ago who had done something similar with the Doubunni's neighbors, the Durotriges. Henry Mossop certainly had that ability with the Corieltauvi, too, but In his case, a very worthy and wise archaeologist, Jeffrey May also came to collaborate with him. Such partnerships are always fruitful, albeit rare.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />JohnJohn Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-9607165749346865882015-10-22T08:51:13.546-06:002015-10-22T08:51:13.546-06:00The detectorist has the time, the knowledge, the e...The detectorist has the time, the knowledge, the equipment and the desire to add to the historical picture. The archaeologist has the time, the knowledge and the equipment, but won't get off his ass unless he is paid. Therein lies the difference.....Dick Stouthttp://www.stoutstandards.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com