http://anthropology.net/2007/12/27/watch-discovery-channels-bone-detectives/ Beyond bones & stones Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:03:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://anthropology.net/2007/12/27/watch-discovery-channels-bone-detectives/#comment-11819 bill matthews Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:50:36 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/12/27/watch-discovery-channels-bone-detectives/#comment-11819 dear sirs, i had a thought that the caves in your show had bones ,where was the flesh? do you all suppose the compost in the fields was composed of the flesh and ground bonesfrom the cave. hence the blood provided by the king was the special fertilizer.not nessacarily the blood from the actual king. dear sirs, i had a thought that the caves in your show had bones ,where was the flesh? do you all suppose the compost in the fields was composed of the flesh and ground bonesfrom the cave. hence the blood provided by the king was the special fertilizer.not nessacarily the blood from the actual king.

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/12/27/watch-discovery-channels-bone-detectives/#comment-9932 Crash Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:04:37 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/12/27/watch-discovery-channels-bone-detectives/#comment-9932 I gave up on bone detective,,,its more like "bone whisperer" this moron stumbles around bothering archeologists dumbing down what they say for the tv audience, then when time is short always comes up with a glorious history, play by play, with little or no factual basis. He ought to be writing fiction not representing it as factual history. I gave up on bone detective,,,its more like “bone whisperer” this moron stumbles around bothering archeologists dumbing down what they say for the tv audience, then when time is short always comes up with a glorious history, play by play, with little or no factual basis. He ought to be writing fiction not representing it as factual history.

]]> http://anthropology.net/2007/12/27/watch-discovery-channels-bone-detectives/#comment-9552 carr2d2 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:29:28 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/12/27/watch-discovery-channels-bone-detectives/#comment-9552 greetings, having just watched the first episode of this show and finding it quite disappointing, i wonder what your thoughts are on it? while moore clearly has the experience and credentials, the constant pandering to the camera and excessive dumbing down made me crazy. also, from what was documented in the show, his conclusions had no basis in the evidence that was shown...they spent time early in the show discussing how if it was indeed a victim of sacrifice, then there would be evidence of trauma on the bones, but then they never came back to it until they found the skull, which did not seem to me to be clearly linked to the body they found...i don't know, maybe there were discoveries not included in the final cut of the show...but it still seemed awkward. any thoughts? greetings,
having just watched the first episode of this show and finding it quite disappointing, i wonder what your thoughts are on it? while moore clearly has the experience and credentials, the constant pandering to the camera and excessive dumbing down made me crazy. also, from what was documented in the show, his conclusions had no basis in the evidence that was shown…they spent time early in the show discussing how if it was indeed a victim of sacrifice, then there would be evidence of trauma on the bones, but then they never came back to it until they found the skull, which did not seem to me to be clearly linked to the body they found…i don’t know, maybe there were discoveries not included in the final cut of the show…but it still seemed awkward.
any thoughts?

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