ANT210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sapporo University, Cardiff Giant, Gypsum
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Money? (maybe in the sense of keeping a job but were hoaxes necessary?) Prof. hiroto takiyama (sapporo university) -his thoughts on the fujimura. People tend to look at scholars reputations and accept them. If other people accepted their findings then he would too. Archaeologists tend to claim a territory in japan it is really territorial. There are groups and if you are not a member of that group you don"t get access to the data. Nationalism- competition with china, who has got the oldest and who has got the best. In japan you develop an inner circle- if you are outside of their inner circle you are not part of the network. If you get admitted to the circle you are ultimately trusted. Fujimura bought himself into the group by wining and dining, and he brought them status. Scientific method not applied to the issue of pre-40,000 year old sites in.
