I thought that Chris Green would put this link up here but I guess he's not interested. This link was provided on another website and provides an example of the difficulties involved in trying to reconstruct what happened in the past especially after a long period of time when most of the knowledge about the era under study has been fragmentary and people have had to guess the meaning of incomplete artifacts while making assumptions about what may have happened in order to form a coherent narrative or description. See:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI I would just like to point out that this situation is not unique to historical event but it is likely to be relevant to any new culture where knowledge about the culture is extremely limited and there is little guidance on the correct interpretation of objects, events, conversations, and processes. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] P.S. :-) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1477 or send a blank email to leave-1477-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
