In the book "A Survey of North American Indian Rock Art" (Wellman, K.
1979) is an interesting comment. Referring to the interpretation of
rock art, he writes:

>Here amateur speculation retained its hold, and zealous in its last
>stand, even today stoutly resists the threats of science. All of
>these interpretations are similar in that, reluctant to entertain
>commonplace and common-sense explanations, they first concoct a
>story of mystery and glamor and subsequently seek facts to support
>it.
>
>Meanwhile, the professionals, surveying the scene, felt even less
>desire to have anything to do with a subject characterized by a
>veritable orgy of mad speculation and an a priori, deductive
>thinking at its worst, lest their names be tainted by association.

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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>