tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120401471738916620.post2879968951733124929..comments2023-05-29T05:58:32.869-07:00Comments on Archaeospeak: Vikings: "not as bad as all that" shock!Miles Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07581296676233050831noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120401471738916620.post-10837171674207102522014-04-06T08:08:56.566-07:002014-04-06T08:08:56.566-07:00Reading this i could only think one thing:what a l...Reading this i could only think one thing:what a load of BUTFOCs (that's Beaker Using Traders From Overseas Communities)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120401471738916620.post-20389993888679375232014-04-05T13:34:33.523-07:002014-04-05T13:34:33.523-07:00Never mind roast plums, how did the vikings have t...Never mind roast plums, how did the vikings have their nuts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120401471738916620.post-77997234189948180002014-04-05T05:34:58.621-07:002014-04-05T05:34:58.621-07:00You can have a "Viking Feast" at the Bri...You can have a "Viking Feast" at the British Museum to accompany your visit to their exhibition:<br />https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/Viking_menu.pdf<br /><br />Although I fear "roast plums" may have had a slightly different connotation for the more raid-inclined 'Viking!'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120401471738916620.post-84303702096016199862014-04-04T00:46:18.733-07:002014-04-04T00:46:18.733-07:00You're right, it's a great shame that anci...You're right, it's a great shame that ancient cultures are no longer actively being named - it would save all that constant process of reinterpretation. I was wondering (as one does) whilst sat in a meeting yesterday whether the whole 'Beaker Culture' debate could be resolved if we used the terms:<br /> <br />Beaker Using Traders (for passive acculturation)<br /><br />and<br /><br />Warlike Aggressive Beaker People (for enforced acculturation)<br /><br />Hence a simplified archaeo-interpretative struggle between WABPs and BUTs….<br /><br />…would it work? <br />Miles Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07581296676233050831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120401471738916620.post-91964774752748285032014-03-24T09:49:02.777-07:002014-03-24T09:49:02.777-07:00SCANTs, that pretty much made my day. Too bad we a...SCANTs, that pretty much made my day. Too bad we are no longer naming ancient cultures you have given me some great ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com