It's not like there are any other books to read or anything
Jesus Christ!
Dear Anthro/Arch Department:
James Deetz is not the end all of archaeology. Yes, what he wrote was, for his time, absolutely revolutionary. But his In Small Things Forgotten was first written in NINETEEN SEVENTY SEVEN. They are no longer NEW AND REFRESHING ideas. Any person anywhere could pick up any modern archaeology magazine or book and FIND THEM RUNNING RAMPANT.
Not to mention that any MODERN book would be about five times better written, better structured, and probably far more able to coherently convey their statements and purpose because their authors weren't lip smacking drunk when they wrote it!*
I cannot believe I am going to have to suffer through that GODAWFUL book a third time.
...GAH!
*Deetz was a raging alcoholic. By eleven o'clock his summer seminars and classes ran themselves.
EDIT Holy CRAP. My PolSci books costs $140 $180** alone.
I think I may drop this class simply because I can't AFFORD it.
**I REALLY cannot do math.
Dear Anthro/Arch Department:
James Deetz is not the end all of archaeology. Yes, what he wrote was, for his time, absolutely revolutionary. But his In Small Things Forgotten was first written in NINETEEN SEVENTY SEVEN. They are no longer NEW AND REFRESHING ideas. Any person anywhere could pick up any modern archaeology magazine or book and FIND THEM RUNNING RAMPANT.
Not to mention that any MODERN book would be about five times better written, better structured, and probably far more able to coherently convey their statements and purpose because their authors weren't lip smacking drunk when they wrote it!*
I cannot believe I am going to have to suffer through that GODAWFUL book a third time.
...GAH!
*Deetz was a raging alcoholic. By eleven o'clock his summer seminars and classes ran themselves.
EDIT Holy CRAP. My PolSci books costs $140 $180** alone.
I think I may drop this class simply because I can't AFFORD it.
**I REALLY cannot do math.