Didn't know that about the Smithsonian, but nothing surprises me these days. Actually, a govt adjacent entity that WASN'T corrupt would surprise the shit out of me.
Re: Native American copper. Maybe those populations weren't forward thinking enough to build themselves into a copper mining and trading empire? Or maybe the carbon dating was wrong? It often is...
Why squash their potential contributions to history? Who benefits? It would be very interesting to learn about, to say the least. So I wonder... (hence the questions)
It's all good. Truth be told, there is always a lot of speculation with archaeology, very open to interpretation. Myself, I'm writing a book set in the bronze age, so I've done a lot of research and I still feel like I hardly know anything.
Fascinating....
Didn't know that about the Smithsonian, but nothing surprises me these days. Actually, a govt adjacent entity that WASN'T corrupt would surprise the shit out of me.
Re: Native American copper. Maybe those populations weren't forward thinking enough to build themselves into a copper mining and trading empire? Or maybe the carbon dating was wrong? It often is...
Why squash their potential contributions to history? Who benefits? It would be very interesting to learn about, to say the least. So I wonder... (hence the questions)
It's all good. Truth be told, there is always a lot of speculation with archaeology, very open to interpretation. Myself, I'm writing a book set in the bronze age, so I've done a lot of research and I still feel like I hardly know anything.
Point is though, the Smithsonian is dirty.
Very nice! I started one myself 3 years ago dabbling in the chalcolithic era... went nowhere after I got a new job and had kids tho.
Good luck!