Flint Dibble

The Society for American Archaeology has issued a public letter to Netflix and ITN Productions about Ancient Apocalypse #archaeology @archaeodons

Read and share here: https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-governmentaffairs/saa-letter-ancient-apocalypse.pdf?sfvrsn=38d28254_3

Dec 2, 2022 at 3:23pmWeb
Show threadFardels BearDec 2, 2022
@FlintDibble @archaeodons Has anyone called out the damaging stereotype of #archaeology represented by #IndianaJones? He's only interested in the bling and usually destroys every site he encounters. Terrible role model for the young. If they only want the hat and the whip, there are BDSM clubs they can go to.
Show threadNow @christinkallama@hcommonsDec 2, 2022

@riggbeck

So many people have...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/enduring-myths-raiders-lost-ark-180977923/

https://blackgirlnerds.com/it-does-not-belong-in-a-museum-indiana-jones-colonizer-legacy

https://www.shackletontrust.org/research-fee-the-costs-of-accessing-holotypes-obtained-through-parachute-science

The Enduring Myths of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

Forty years later, archaeologists look back at what the first Indiana Jones movie got wrong about their profession

Smithsonian Magazine