On: Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas

[maykef]

Again????

American archaeologists and their desire for fame... Dig up a hole, find the stone tools that evidence human occupation, draw the stratigraphy, do radiocarbon dating, publish in a reputed journal (not your MySpace), rinse and repeat...

[namaria → maykef]

> (...) archaeologists (...) Dig up a hole, find the stone tools that evidence human occupation, draw the stratigraphy, do radiocarbon dating, publish in a reputed journal

I mean what else did you expect archaeologists to do?

[Tao3300 → namaria]

Running from boulders. Punching Nazis.

[d3w3y → CyberDildonics]

Indiana Jokes

[maykef → namaria]

You would be surprised. For one, they can't be bothered to dig anymore. Many of them are mesmerised by aDNA, cropolites (or traces of them in lakes), and whether paleoindians were feminists or gay...

[AlotOfReading → maykef]

Archaeologists don't dig holes for fun. Excavations are just one set of tools in a larger investigative toolkit. If you can do the research without the hassle and expense of a trench, why shouldn't you?

[Andrex → AlotOfReading]

I can't tell if OP commenter is complaining archaeologists dig too many holes or not enough.

[klyrs → Andrex]

Narrative consistency isn't necessary for trolls to get the attention they desire. Quite to the contrary.

[namaria → maykef]

Knowing many professional archaeologists, I have no idea what you're talking about.

[dhosek → namaria]

He read something on Twitter and now he’s incensed.

[octopoc → namaria]

They're mocking doing archeology with an agenda FYI

[namaria → octopoc]

It's a strawman fallacy, not mockery. I never heard of archaeologists doing any of what they are accused of here.