Matt et al.,
With some journalists, they just don't get their information correct
100% of the time! I looked at this article and pretty much it's got
some glaring errors. Building upon what Allan Cobb already posted, the
cave has been open up for researchers and wasn't sealed up. The
article notes: The caves were discovered during the 1970s; however,
they were immediately sealed up. Also, most of the information
collected at the time of the discovery was lost forever.
That's pretty much not true and in fact I'm co-organizing a symposium
on cave archaeology next year that will have 3 of the major
investigators from the 1970s plus Rebecca Sload (FAMSI project)
talking about their findings over the years! The information was never
lost...much has been published on it but a major synthesis hasn't been
done but hopefully is close. This future work mentioned in the
softpedia article will complement what's already been done, which is
extensive, just not very public. I'm unsure of all the players in the
game but hopefully they all get along and the public can benefit from
their full investigations! We shall see!
Ann
On Sep 22, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Matt Turner wrote:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Archaeologist-Open-Sealed-Cave-Beneath-The-Pyramid-of-the-Sun-89271.shtml
I just read this. It may have been posted before and I just missed
it. Does anyone have more information about how it's going or what's
been discovered?
Matt Turner
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a
thought without accepting it." - Aristotle
"Empty pockets never held anyone back.Only empty heads and empty
hearts can do that."- Norman Vincent Peale
Ann Scott, PhD Candidate
Latin American Studies
mayaca...@mail.utexas.edu
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