I think "the general lack of "theory" in German archaeology" as a motto in
archaeology is problematic. Germans work in detail on material culture,
but they have a theoretical perspective also.

> Nice attempt at deflection, but Carver failed to cite Bill Maher as the
> source for his current political terminology. Tsk, tsk.
>
> Rich Green
>
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>
>> Here in Germany there is some reluctance to investigate WW2 sites
>> (bunkers,
>> etc., associated with the West Wall; the battlefield in the Hürtgen,
>> etc.),
>> in part because of the danger of associating with "amateur" groups that
>> can
>> sometimes be a little "brown."
>> Among the other complications in Cologne, there has been a tendency to
>> try
>> to bulldoze everything that isn't "Roman"; the situation surrounding the
>> synagogue excavations is complicated to the extent that a potential
>> investor
>> backed out of helping to fund a museum because it is intended to show
>> the
>> daily life of Jews in a medieval German city and their generally
>> peaceful
>> coexistence with Gentiles, rather than focusing specifically (as is the
>> case
>> in so many other "Jewish museums") on ritual objects.
>> Then, of course, there is open opposition to archaeology by
>> investors/developers, and now the lack of a law forcing payment for
>> rescue
>> excavations...
>> And the general lack of "theory" in German archaeology because of its
>> "associations" with the racist archaeology of Kossina & his followers
>> with
>> the brown shirts...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>
>> Aside from broad generalities such as I mentioned, I am curious if there
>> are
>> examples of current historic archaeological research altered in some way
>> by
>> the political atmosphere of the last few years that anyone can provide?
>> Here
>> I am thinking of the absence or reduction of cultural evolutionary
>> models
>> in
>> American archaeology during the somewhat elongated period (1917 to
>> mid-1950s) of the Red Scare in America.
>


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