And if you have been following popular science reporting the last couple of days, you probably think you know what I mean. Well, that’s the surprise: you don’t. For those who haven’t seen the original report or its follow-ups, supposedly a “lost city” unknown to science, the “untouched ruins of a vanished culture”, has been … Continue reading »
Ciudad Blanca
Good science, big hype, bad archaeology
Being an archaeologist is a funny thing, because archaeology is one of those sciences that catches the popular imagination: pyramids! tombs! mummies! treasure! But archaeology as a science is not about discoveries. It is about knowledge: understanding the human past, the lives of men and women, the ways that societies developed, how people coped with … Continue reading »