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I just watched the second half of a program about archaeologists trying to solve the mystery of the vanished Anasazi. They tracked them from a settlement in Chaco Canyon to the almost inaccessible Mesa Verde, and then they were GONE. Finally, in the last 10 minutes of the piece, some genius thinks to ask the Pueblo people what happened.
And -- who knew? They have this amazing thing called oral tradition! One man even went so far as to say that the modern Pueblo people know exactly what happened to the Chaco people. The piece ended wtih the archaeologists sitting down with the Native Americans. Fade to black.
What, a whole hour on the subject and you didn't even bother to get the answers before the program is aired? Or was it just that whatever they had to say was less compelling than the skeletons and conjecture? PLEASE. Five minutes on the Internet yields more information than that. This is why I hardly ever watch TV, folks.
And -- who knew? They have this amazing thing called oral tradition! One man even went so far as to say that the modern Pueblo people know exactly what happened to the Chaco people. The piece ended wtih the archaeologists sitting down with the Native Americans. Fade to black.
What, a whole hour on the subject and you didn't even bother to get the answers before the program is aired? Or was it just that whatever they had to say was less compelling than the skeletons and conjecture? PLEASE. Five minutes on the Internet yields more information than that. This is why I hardly ever watch TV, folks.
