The Moggalithic antiquarian: party political broadcasts from stone circles
Almost Archaeology
by lovearchmag
4y ago
By Kenny Brophy (the Urban Prehistorian) If a poll of Conservative members showed a majority of them were druids, Boris would be straight down to Stonehenge to dance naked for the seasons (Mark Steel, Independent, 28 March 2019) Stanton Drew’s stone circles may not vibrate as wildly in the English consciousness as their easterly cousins at Stonehenge, however, they remain seriously impressive pieces of Neolithic kit. (Weird Walk, The Face 4.001) Standing Jacob Rees-Mogg, standing in the General Election, is standing in front of a standing stone. The parliamentary candidate (and current incum ..read more
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Hogwarts Needs Archaeologists, Part 2: Excavating Magic
Almost Archaeology
by lovearchmag
5y ago
By Adrián MaldonadoIn the last blog post, I realized that despite being suffused with ancient artefacts, the wizarding world of Harry Potter didn’t seem to have any archaeologists. Instead, wizards and witches live in a weirdly eternal present with little sense of how things have come to be as they are, and this ultimately caused them no end of trouble. So much of the story hinges on prominent characters not knowing about artefacts and landscapes of medieval origin that it seemed clear that the establishment of a Wizarding Museum or department of Magical Material Culture Studies at Hogwarts ma ..read more
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Hogwarts Needs Archaeologists, Part 1: Fantastic Antiquities and Where to Find Them
Almost Archaeology
by lovearchmag
5y ago
By Adrián MaldonadoThe Harry Potterverse is crawling with ancient artefacts and old magic. That doesn’t make it a story about archaeology as such – there is very little effort from the protagonists to do more than treasure-hunt (and in at least one case, tomb-raid) to collect and then destroy these artefacts. In one sense, the Harry Potter cycle is a parable of Fantastic Antiquities and How to Break Them. Tom Riddle, Tomb Raider (source)Which is why I haven’t felt the need to do an ‘archaeology of Harry Potter’ post on this blog. But then I went back to the books again. Well, sort of. I am luc ..read more
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