tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post7585554023449388609..comments2024-03-11T15:40:37.015+00:00Comments on Theoretical Structural Archaeology: TSA at CAA2012Geoff Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-26392471045652654882012-10-15T12:05:24.261+01:002012-10-15T12:05:24.261+01:00Nice new you post here. I am agree with your artic...Nice new you post here. I am agree with your article. Thanks for share with us.Image Maskhttp://colorexpertsbd.com/services/photoshop-image-masking-service.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-66631525127482186972012-06-22T09:34:30.553+01:002012-06-22T09:34:30.553+01:00Thanks Tim, but it is still a long way short of re...Thanks Tim, but it is still a long way short of recognition; nobody will pay me to teach archaeology - that would be turkeys voting for Christmas; while UK Universities are prepared to pay staff to make up beliefs, cosmologies, rituals and the like to solve complex archaeological datasets, there is no way back for them and no way forward for evidence based archaeology.Geoff Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-11257124093269958262012-06-22T02:35:48.140+01:002012-06-22T02:35:48.140+01:00Hi Geoff
Congratulations on the recognition of y...Hi Geoff<br /><br /> Congratulations on the recognition of your obvious talent and love!Timothy Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10027256238142330766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-43752739277044385432012-06-18T21:18:03.049+01:002012-06-18T21:18:03.049+01:00At last a sensible argument against living upstair...At last a sensible argument against living upstairs . . . but "see what was under their up your 'plaid' " might work better in the Iron Age.Geoff Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-4801885142682293442012-06-18T20:26:40.101+01:002012-06-18T20:26:40.101+01:00Geoff said: ".. it is strange that people fin...Geoff said: <i>".. it is strange that people find it difficult to imagine ancient Scottish people being able to use ladders let alone stairs .."</i><br />Well of course they couldn't, out of common decency. Otherwise people would be able to see what was under their kilts.dustbubblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-60948433279213709652012-06-17T00:30:31.142+01:002012-06-17T00:30:31.142+01:00Well, you could argue that postprocessualism prove...Well, you could argue that postprocessualism proves that some peoples' ancestors were clearly to stupid to find their way upstairs. . . .Geoff Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-53414645270917520792012-06-17T00:02:55.235+01:002012-06-17T00:02:55.235+01:00"... a quern stone lay above the burnt floor ...<i>"... a quern stone lay above the burnt floor levels."</i><br />Good grief man, don't you know <i>anything?</i><br />A clear case of ritual blocking, after a deliberate act of squalid bungalow-style hut immolation, undertaken to appease the insatiable appetites of the Ancestors.<br /><br />It's all very simple ..<br />Round house>round stone<br />Wood>burnt<br />Stone>unburnable<br />Cheese>toasted<br />Upstairs>downstairs<br />Four and twenty blackbirds>In my lady's chamber<br />Living>dead<br />So let's chuck a rock on it. With the appropriate rituals, of course.dustbubblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-39845476661541514222012-06-16T17:19:39.963+01:002012-06-16T17:19:39.963+01:00Thanks Martha, it's an interesting site, which...Thanks Martha, it's an interesting site, which as you say, supports my ideas about two storey buildings; it is strange that people find it difficult to imagine ancient Scottish people being able to use ladders let alone stairs. I recall one roundhouse site in Scotland which had burnt down and a quern stone lay above the burnt floor levels.Geoff Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-56327200801611633182012-06-16T15:58:24.842+01:002012-06-16T15:58:24.842+01:00It's me again - Martha. I just read an article...It's me again - Martha. I just read an article about roundhouses in Scotland and was interested in getting your take on the larder idea:<br />http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/archaeologists-in-oban-discover-bronze-age-was-height-of-cool-1-2335347Martha Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02539396507098000692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-74040362010609420172012-06-15T01:09:28.696+01:002012-06-15T01:09:28.696+01:00Thanks Ned, well it's not all roses, but it...Thanks Ned, well it's not all roses, but it's little things, that keep me going, I just spent a very enjoyable evening talking to Students about the Timber Wall. I'm envious that you get the chance to teach!Geoff Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-61224482041159689402012-06-14T18:28:35.611+01:002012-06-14T18:28:35.611+01:00Dear Geoff
Delighted that things are going better...Dear Geoff<br /><br />Delighted that things are going better. I'm quite envious.<br /><br />Nedned peglerhttp://armchairprehistory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-32074399404427558312012-06-06T14:16:29.356+01:002012-06-06T14:16:29.356+01:00For you Tijm - I will do a post on this next, as t...For you Tijm - I will do a post on this next, as the structural evidence supports this view; LBK longhouses are not transitional between caves and real buildings; people upstairs / stock downstairs was not a medieval invention, nor were floors, doors, stairs, and windows.<br />If you find a plan that interests you - even a neolithic one - send it to me and I will do an analysis.Geoff Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-52374777686374288462012-06-06T14:04:19.058+01:002012-06-06T14:04:19.058+01:00Certainly, we've got a long and good tradition...Certainly, we've got a long and good tradition in common sense interpretation of post holes and some structural arguing. Nevertheless, never seen such a high rising reconstruction of a LBK house before.<br />TijmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-24357468887409213562012-06-06T12:27:21.695+01:002012-06-06T12:27:21.695+01:00Hi Tijm
Thanks for the positive comment; I will do...Hi Tijm<br />Thanks for the positive comment; I will do post about LBK longhouses soon, as at least the Dutch can identify and excavate their buildings, and don't imagine they had a nomadic population who only stopped put up ritual posts and dig ritual pits[!].Geoff Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-14042343952763226012012-06-06T11:22:31.979+01:002012-06-06T11:22:31.979+01:00Hi Geoff,
I happened to be in that room and was ve...Hi Geoff,<br />I happened to be in that room and was very much inspired by your approach and your passionate and interesting talk. I was slightly, but pleasantly, shocked by your Elsloo reconstruction. Wondered what Dutch post hole 'fetishists' might have to say to that. But maybe they have already picked up your ideas? I'm not into neolithic archaeology at all. Anyway, have been checking in on your blog now and then since Southampton. Keep up the interesting work!<br />TijmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-29629153712625995802012-06-02T22:35:09.642+01:002012-06-02T22:35:09.642+01:00Thanks Martha, There a few lines I may follow up, ...Thanks Martha, There a few lines I may follow up, when I get the time; it was great to be out there talking to other archaeologists.Geoff Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-65896991281477614742012-06-02T18:26:33.168+01:002012-06-02T18:26:33.168+01:00Hi, Geoff,
I'm happy to hear that your present...Hi, Geoff,<br />I'm happy to hear that your presentation went well. I hope you will receive some helpful comments on your work as a result.<br />MarthaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com