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"The darkness drops again..."
I stand by my charitable assessment of the achievements of Professors Wainwright and Darvill inasmuch as their excavation of Stonehenge brought many fascinating discoveries to light. However, the discovery of the Roman coin and potsherd in a bluestone socket at Stonehenge wasn’t even mentioned, nor was the winter green material that indicates that Stonehenge was being actively used as late as the seventeen century. The Mesolithic finds received a scant mention at the end of the programme, and that was that.
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I’m extremely grateful to Pete Glastonbury, and not for the first time, for bringing something of great interest to my attention. On this occasion, anyone who is curious about the possible background to Episode II of Bonekickers may well like to read and consider this article from The Guardian, while you may also care to read and ponder this submission in the BritArch archives.
Bearing in mind that the mission statement of the “Bonekickers is an embarrassment to archaeology” Facebook site is to defend the honour of the profession, it’s just possible that one could form a not entirely favourable opinion of the way some excavations are conducted from the content of the above links, but you can decide for yourselves. If I hear of anything putting an opposing view, then I’ll be sure to post it up, so all submissions in this vein are welcome.
Bonekickers – it’s a dirty job…
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Right, Bonekickers is a new BBC drama series dealing with the exploits of a group of archaeologists based in the west of England. When I learned that it was being made by the people who were responsible for Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, my expectations shot into the stratosphere for reasons that will be obvious to anyone who’s been fortunate enough to see either of these truly superlative series. Suffice it to say that the first episode, at least, was deeply disappointing, and it provoked a large and impassioned response on the internet.
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