tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post6775443007841771851..comments2024-03-28T14:00:12.372+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Waun Mawn 2021 -- the desperation dig (2)BRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-2654051071376969532021-09-21T19:01:34.482+01:002021-09-21T19:01:34.482+01:00Ah yes, disruptive thinking. Personally, I think ...Ah yes, disruptive thinking. Personally, I think they should concentrate first on the thinking bit, and get that sorted, and then in a century or two they can get onto the disruptive bit.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-37217266512812722562021-09-21T16:42:44.485+01:002021-09-21T16:42:44.485+01:00UCL seems to be very into what they call "di...UCL seems to be very into what they call "disruptive thinking" across all departments. I thought that was OUR department, so I'm stunned. Searching for a thousand - year hiatus may lead to a hernia, minimum.Tony Hinchliffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-78853291138338600602021-09-21T15:05:02.041+01:002021-09-21T15:05:02.041+01:00I suspect that there has been a lot of sample coll...I suspect that there has been a lot of sample collecting for both pollen analysis and radiocarbon dating. The identification and dating of the so-called "thousand year hiatus" seems to be a key part of the narrative. Strange to recount, Darvill and Wainwright, in their big chapter in the Pembrokeshire History book, saw no sign of any such thing......BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-40740276081020177992021-09-21T00:28:51.896+01:002021-09-21T00:28:51.896+01:00It will be interesting to hear how much preparatio...It will be interesting to hear how much preparation for pollen analysis has taken place this Season of digging. Much hyperbole occurs within the Stonehenge: Exploring....2012 book in MPP's chapter21, where he waxes lyrical about unification, possible mass migration etc. I seem to recall him saying pollen analysis on a statistically significant scale was in his plans when he spoke in November 2020.Tony Hinchliffenoreply@blogger.com