An Instructive Half Hour

[lios_alfar]

Best. Article. Ever. May not make sense if you're not familiar with archaeology, but...

"The Near East," Sir Mortimer Wheeler once remarked at lunch, "is the land of archaeological sin." Such a statement could only have been made by a man who had never worked in Mesoamerica.

And:

"I've been reading Binford," he began. I stiffened a little at

Comments

[cyrus_ii]

This was one of only two google responses for that quote, which I have been trying to use in an essay.

Thanks!