tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post489849993593117583..comments2024-03-11T15:40:37.015+00:00Comments on Theoretical Structural Archaeology: 14. Snow, Earthquakes, and String TheoryGeoff Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-86567280595443756132011-06-08T21:06:21.617+01:002011-06-08T21:06:21.617+01:00Hi Ned thank you for your kind thoughts, I too hat...Hi Ned thank you for your kind thoughts, I too hate reading off screen, but as dyslexic I have bigger issues; I have a very poor visual memory for words.<br />I am actually talking to a publisher, and I have been awaiting some sort of result for several months.<br /><br />As you know, I set out to be an 'academic' - it is vital that structural archaeology is taught,you have to teach students how to think, but such is the level of structural illiteracy even at professorial level, it is not going to happen.<br /><br />I love your posts because you read well and write interesting articles; I envy your access to literature, you have to remember, what I write about are the things I have some access to, there is so much I can't touch, because I can't afford £6.60 per request at my local library.<br /><br />There is another important element; the only way to demonstrate, conceptualise and illustrate the more complex structures is by using 3D virtual reality/ CAD.<br />Both to understand these structures, take my research forward, and develop my ideas, I need access to these toys, which then allow me to communicate what I have found. <br />I am very much still in the pit, but I can conceive of a way out. [I met Fred Dibner once, poking around an old pottery in the Lakes - an amazing man].Geoff Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111820035762957610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357316514436369105.post-76669921170758177842011-06-08T17:44:06.156+01:002011-06-08T17:44:06.156+01:00Dear Geoff
I have to admit there are many of your...Dear Geoff<br /><br />I have to admit there are many of your posts here I've never read due to time constraints and, to be honest, finding it difficult to read off computer screens (a certain irony there). However, you do write very nicely. Have you ever thought of/started writing a book on prehistoric architectural engineering? I mean not just your research on wooden architecture but others, knossos, hagar qim, gobekli, pyramids. Most books on this kind of subject are pretty dry and academic (and probably wrong). However, something with techniques and examples, more along the lines of Fred Dibner than Prof X, and with humour, would be interesting to read. Something along the lines of "Lofty ambitions: how the ancients stopped the sky falling on their heads" or "Roofing stonehenge" or something. You could be fair to the simplists while giving another possibility. You know, I'm now regretting writing this as I know how much joy I had trying to publish a book, but I have a feeling I'm going to send it anyway.<br /><br />sorry <br /><br />NedEdwad Peglerhttp://armchairprehistory.comnoreply@blogger.com