Re: Indy on cover of Scientific American's New Archaeology Magazine

Posted by Doktor Jones from fsict-tc15-40.fn.net on December 22, 1999 at 10:23:02:

In Reply to: Indy on cover of Scientific American's New Archaeology Magazine posted by Major Paul on December 22, 1999 at 07:57:15:

: This may have been mentioned before but Scientific American has launched a new archaeology magazine this month with none other than Indy on the cover (from a Temple of Doom still).

You're right. This has been mentioned before several times in this forum now.

:The important thing I noticed was how the discussion below from Bryce King concerning his anthropology professor's negative reaction to Indiana Jones was related to the negativity to the feature article in this new magazine.

(Firstly, DISCOVERING ARCHAEOLOGY is not new, it has been around since late last year).

You got it all wrong. Read the discussion again. I'm positively sure that the negative reactions which King mentioned about his professors toward Indy in his forum message, was not a because of this article, but has been around ever since the Indy triology first hit the big screen.

:I found throughout the article that the lure of treasure and adventure were not entirely extinguished among today's archaeologists.
In fact, for some, it was what started them down the path.

I bought the DISCOVERING ARCHAEOLOGY magazine back in November, and have read the article a few times. Only in the beginning of the article did Brian Fagan (BTW, if you don't know who Brian Fagan is, try asking some anthropology students - he is definitely not your ordinary magazine reporter..) compared our beloved Indy Jones to some of the earlier scholars like Flinders Petrie, Henry Breasted, and Leonard Wooley, just to name a few. (He also did include that Lucas created Indy as a result of an "exaggerated composite of these figures"). But, unlike what you said, "throughout" the article, he was actually trying to tell us that Archaeology is gearing toward becoming a more scientific study of people, with the help of modern technology.

Yes, you are entitled to your opinion that the misconception of "treasure and adventure" still lies in the hearts of SOME of today's archaeologists, but then again, such notions of high adventure is also secretly yearn for by some (if not, all) other "lay people" too, don't you agree??

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: : This may have been mentioned before but Scientific American has launched a new archaeology magazine this month with none other than Indy on the cover (from a Temple of Doom still).

: You're right. This has been mentioned before several times in this forum now.

: 
: :The important thing I noticed was how the discussion below from Bryce King concerning his anthropology professor's negative reaction to Indiana Jones was related to the negativity to the feature article in this new magazine.

: (Firstly, DISCOVERING ARCHAEOLOGY is not new, it has been around since late last year).

: 
: You got it all wrong. Read the discussion again. I'm positively sure that the negative reactions which King mentioned about his professors toward Indy in his forum message, was not a because of this article, but has been around ever since the Indy triology first hit the big screen.

: 
: :I found throughout the article that the lure of treasure and adventure were not entirely extinguished among today's archaeologists.
: In fact, for some, it was what started them down the path.

: I bought the DISCOVERING ARCHAEOLOGY magazine back in November, and have read the article a few times. Only in the beginning of the article did Brian Fagan (BTW, if you don't know who Brian Fagan is, try asking some anthropology students - he is definitely not your ordinary magazine reporter..) compared our beloved Indy Jones to some of the earlier scholars like Flinders Petrie, Henry Breasted, and Leonard Wooley, just to name a few. (He also did include that Lucas created Indy as a result of an "exaggerated composite of these figures"). But, unlike what you said, "throughout" the article, he was actually trying to tell us that Archaeology is gearing toward becoming a more scientific study of people, with the help of modern technology.

: Yes, you are entitled to your opinion that the misconception of "treasure and adventure" still lies in the hearts of SOME of today's archaeologists, but then again, such notions of high adventure is also secretly yearn for by some (if not, all) other "lay people" too, don't you agree??

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