The Joy of Search by Daniel M. Russell

Author:Daniel M. Russell [Russell, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Google; online research; searching; research skills; research methods; how-to; credibility; advanced searching; rules of thumb; databases
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2019-09-24T00:00:00+00:00

Try This Yourself

This chapter has been all about how to get to the bottom of a controversial topic, searching out and assessing different perspectives on it. It’s often difficult to have these kinds of discussions on topics that are current events; frequently, those are surrounded by heated debates in which emotions run high and hot.

But this is an important skill to have, so we want to find a topic that has a diversity of opinions (all of which might be hotly debated, but people holding differing positions are still willing to sit together at a table and talk over their interpretations).

One such topic that is at a bit of a remove from current affairs is the interpretation of archaeological sites. There are plenty of sites that are clearly important, yet are difficult to interpret. Some are better known than others. Callanish is well known, but some of the lesser-known sites in Britain make equally fascinating research topics and have just as contentious interpretations, such as the Ring of Brodgar, Chysauster Ancient Village, or Avebury. Who built these remarkable sites? Why did they spend so much time and energy building them?

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