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History Forum / General / Archaeology / January 2008What is Stanford thinking of?
Although I think Stanford is wrong about his Solutrean hypothesis, what in the world is he doing speaking at a conference with Edo Nyland (billed as a world renowned Linguistic Archaeologist, a rather fancy way of saying kook) and Gunnar Thompson? http://www.atlanticconference.org/ I see Scott Wolter will be there also. Back to Edo Nyland, this is a very interesting page called "Search Engines and the Will to Truth" -- which uses him as a case study. http://www.technorhetoric.net/6.1/features/dillon/enginesendtidy.html Doug  SignatureDoug Weller -- A Director and Moderator of The Hall of Ma'at http://www.hallofmaat.com Doug's Archaeology Site: http://www.ramtops.co.uk Amun - co-owner/co-moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Amun/ On Jan 30, 10:18 pm, Doug Weller <dwel...@ramtops.removethis.co.uk> wrote: > ... Linguistic Archaeologist... Can you do archaeology on linguistics? I suppose you can do something with inscriptions and the like, and coins, and literary texts, but... is this a real discipline? All the best, Roger Pearse On Jan 30, 7:27 pm, "roger.pea...@googlemail.com" <roger.pea...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Jan 30, 10:18 pm, Doug Weller <dwel...@ramtops.removethis.co.uk> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > with inscriptions and the like, and coins, and literary texts, but... > is this a real discipline? He wrote a book called Linguistic Archeology, so it seems he coined the term. I think it has more to do with tracing the lineage of words and scripts, and using that info to shed light on archeological questions. Doug would not consider it a science. BTW, Doug- almost every Yoga tape that my GF has someone saying "Yoga is a science" or "the science of Yoga" or "since Yoga is a science" somewhere on it. > All the best, > > Roger Pearse >On Jan 30, 7:27 pm, "roger.pea...@googlemail.com" ><roger.pea...@googlemail.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >is a science" or "the science of Yoga" or "since Yoga is a science" >somewhere on it. Of course it does. And Nyland thinks that all languages come from Basque. Doug SignatureDoug Weller -- A Director and Moderator of The Hall of Ma'at http://www.hallofmaat.com Doug's Archaeology Site: http://www.ramtops.co.uk Amun - co-owner/co-moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Amun/ > Although I think Stanford is wrong about his Solutrean hypothesis, what in > the world is he doing speaking at a conference with Edo Nyland (billed as > a world renowned Linguistic Archaeologist, a rather fancy way of saying > kook) and Gunnar Thompson? > > http://www.atlanticconference.org/ That's a very good question. Taking part in this conference looks to me like an act of naivete, or of desperation. I, too, don't agree with Stanford's Solutrean hypothesis, but still am interested enough in it to want to see whether it goes anywhere with further research. Presenting at this conference would seem to me to be a very bad move for any serious discussion of that hypothesis. I wonder whether the conference organizers went for someone relatively mainstream to establish credibility, and Stanford was the one they snagged? > I see Scott Wolter will be there also. This is also somewhat disappointing, for the above reasons. > Back to Edo Nyland, this is a very interesting page called "Search Engines > and the Will to Truth" -- which uses him as a case study. > > http://www.technorhetoric.net/6.1/features/dillon/enginesendtidy.html It's a pretty old page, though still useful. I see that Eric has been consistent about his call for courtesy to nutcases for a long time. :-) >> Although I think Stanford is wrong about his Solutrean hypothesis, what in >> the world is he doing speaking at a conference with Edo Nyland (billed as [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >I see that Eric has been consistent about his call for courtesy >to nutcases for a long time. :-) Courtesy - period. Not so much courtesy as absence of aggressive savagery. Having said that, I can only say I am disappointed at the naivette of some of the people who are participating. Did you see that the blurb extolls that rogue Gavin Menzies. Eric Stevens >> Although I think Stanford is wrong about his Solutrean hypothesis, what in >> the world is he doing speaking at a conference with Edo Nyland (billed as [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >I see that Eric has been consistent about his call for courtesy >to nutcases for a long time. :-) Woops! That got sent off before I was ready. :-( Try again. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Courtesy - period. Not so much courtesy as absence of aggressive savagery. The point that was referred to in that URL when they took my name in vain was not that I support Edo Nyland - quite the reverse in fact - but that just because he believes all languages are descended from Basque does not mean that ALL of his ideas are rubbish. It's a long time since I read anything by him but as I recall he did have some interesting insights into the Homer in the North Sea arguments. Incidentally, he's not the Edo Nyland who protests he is not the other one. As you would expect, it's the other way around. Having said that, I can only say I am disappointed at the naivette of some of the people who are participating in the Atlantic Conference. Did you see that the blurb extolls that rogue Gavin Menzies? Who would want to be associated with him? Eric Stevens |
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