digging for the truth

[random4233]

has anyone else seen this show 'digging for the truth' on the history channel? http://www.history.com/minisites/diggingforthetruth/

i've just discovered it and it kind of makes me want to cringe.  i think it's admirable that they want to make archaeology more accessible to the public but some of the questions they investigate are kind of ridiculous

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[kethryvis]

I've watched it in the past and had the same reaction you've had to it... amazingly enough, the host actually has a degree in Anthropology.. undergrad but still. I would think he'd know better with some of the stuff he has to say.

They really don't uncover any new information... they show some (very small amount) of proof for what's already known which is kind of cool... but I agree. It's just too simplistic, and to me most of the time they don't answer the question they set out to answer. So while it's interesting... I find it usually not worth my time. Not quite as bad as "Going Tribal" but almost in the same category.

[incendiarypixie]

i haven't seen it, but i imagine that it couldn't be worse than "Going Tribal" on the Discovery Channel.

Even the website for the show makes me shudder: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/goingtribal/goingtribal.html

[imindiaunajones]

I actually think that my boyfriend (itsalljustaride posted this question (in this community!) when the show first came out a year or two ago. I haven't watched the program past the first couple of episodes. It seems like pure fluff to me most of the time.
However, I must admit, the host is pretty dreamy.

[kenosis]

I, for one, am amazed the Hitler History Channel would have to embellish what anthropologists actually do so that the public would find it interesting - and interesting enough to make a running show about it.

[admirari]

i read in ratemyprofessors.com a review about my super-fabulous instructor in which the student said he made a "boring" subject seem interesting. This was Anth 200 - intro to bio. so a lot of GEC kids in there. But still - how is evolution boring?!

[kenosis]

This is about being an archaeologist, though, not about the discipline of anthropology (which I do find very interesting) - archaeologists being the people that, for the most part, analyze data, write reports and classify stuff.

[random4233]

archaeologists are just data heads. we do have to interpret our data within an anthropological framework. the data means nothing without any theory to interpret it and that relies heavily on ethnographic analogy.

[burnmyeyes75]

I love this show.But then I am just interested in Anthropology. I am not an Anthropology student. If I were, maybe I'd see it differently.