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Friends and colleagues: Producers of archaeology television shows often 
struggle to balance the scientific nature of archaeological information with 
the need to attract a popular audience.  Archaeologists sometimes are 
disappointed with the results, but seldom have the chance to express 
themselves in a very public way.  We have decided to give voice to a couple 
of irreverent archaeologist TV critics in Radical Archaeology Television 
Parody, the latest video feature on our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, 
The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org).

This film is a parody of the very popular television series, Digging for the 
Truth, which is broadcast by the History Channel.  The episode parodied is 
"Mystery of the Anasazi."  In this light-hearted commentary, Bradley Garrett 
and Adam Fish highlight certain superficial aspects of the television 
production and question its authenticity and authoritativeness.  In the 
process of poking fun, they allude to issues of concern surrounding the 
presentation of archaeological knowledge through the style of modern day 
popular television.

This and other programs are available on TAC for your use and enjoyment.  We 
urge you to support this public service by participating in our Membership 
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/member.html) and Underwriting 
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org/sponsor.shtml) programs.  Only with your 
help can we continue and enhance our nonprofit public-education and 
visitor-supported programming.  We also welcome new content partners as we 
reach out to the world community.

Please forward this message to others who may be interested.

Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
http://www.archaeologychannel.org

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