I'll be picking up this issue of Archaeology Magazine

[james_davis_nicoll]

Diamond on the Carpet

Archaeologists think Guns, Germs, and Steel author Jared Diamond misrepresents the downfall of ancient civilizations to score points for today's environmental movement. What does their criticism of the Pulitzer Prize winning biologist tell us about his biases, and how does it reveal their own?

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Comments

[carloshasanax.livejournal.com]

It wasn't a lost colony. It was an infrequently visited colony. There's a difference.

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Not a whole lot of difference if ships only visit every few years; there simply isn't the capacity to evacuate.