Re: Most Notable Archaeologist of the 20th Century

Tom McDonald wrote:
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Peter Alaca wrote:
Tom McDonald wrote:
Peter Alaca wrote:
Tedd Jacobs wrote
"Peter Alaca" wrote...
jmckelvryerson.ca wrote:
John Eric Voltin wrote:

Here's a question actually related to archaeology:
Who is the most notable archaeologist of the 20th century?

J.D.S. Pendlebury

Most notable? I never heard of the guy.
And I find it a stupid question.
Archaeology is not about archaeologists.

i seem to have missed the ' ;-) ' after that statement peter,
although i'm sure you ment to include one. :-)

Don't be so sure about that. I mean it.
Don't ask why.

Why?

Because I'm not sure I can explain :-)

Why not?

(***!)

Because my active English is not good enough
to give an answer that satisfies me.

But I try to make some points. Until now Pendlebury,
Stewart, Binford, Carter and Bingham are named.
I didn't know who Pendlebury was and I still don't
know who Julian Stewart is. For me only Binford is
notable, because of his contributions to the theory of
archaeology.
The fact that an archaeologist made an important
(read 'spectacular') discovery, doesn't make the
archaeologist important, or even notable. and spectacular discoveries are not necessarily important
for archaeology.

Does anyone of you know what lasting contributions
the late A.E.van Giffen made to archaeology?
I guess you never heard of him.

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p.a.





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