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In a message dated 3/27/2007 12:45:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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A funny thing about archaeologists is their swift willingness to dismiss
folklore as fantasy. I specifically recall all the emphatic dismissals I
received during my enquiries about a concealed hat and boot behind a fireplace in a
1904 barracks building in 1999 (the subject of a paper at the 2000 SHA
Conference). Over the past few days, I have received a half dozen replies that send
me to amateur websites written by skeptics who delight in dismissing Oak
Island as fantasy and a monument to ill advised treasure-hunting. All I really
wanted to know was if anyone on HISTARCH knew of professional archaeology
investigations on Oak Island. Sheesh.
However, I did receive one reply from someone who I believe will look into
whatever facts exist. My thinking is the camps of the various expeditions over
the past 200-years would be interesting to investigate. Assuming the island
owners would allow it, survey by professional archaeologists and mapping all
the equipment, camps, artifact scatters mining locations, and running soil
transitivity meters and other technical devices could prove to be a fascinating
venture. What, I ponder, would ground penetrating radar detect? Just the
archival records of the various island owners, oral histories, correspondence,
and other data would be interesting to just about anyone who knows the legend.
Shoot, it would make for a great tourist heritage site and a source of income
for the locals.
So why dismiss it out of hand? I can only conclude that archaeologists are a
strange lot, me included.
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
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