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geoff carver <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:07:30 +0200
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another minor ethical dilemna; i sometimes look at archaeology as being a means for providing concrete evidence of "facts" that might otherwise disappear down the "memory hole"
so: if you rename streets that were originally named in honour of slave-traders, are you covering up an uncomfortable truth? and should "penny lane" be an exception?
i think there's already a problem in the british heritage industry, with showing off all those palatial homes without talking enuf about just how they were paid for; as in, the slave-trade has already been whitewashed enuf...
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