Week 6: Sharon Kim: Two Excavators

After reading the article and also studying the site of Knossos Crete in class, I believe that what the two excavators did was fine, but they could have executed their desires in different manners. Mostly, I think that each explorer should have reconstructed an entirely new and separate construction of that ancient site somewhere else. It is commendable that both men desired to learn about the ancient sites and reconstruct as best as they could. Evans even paid "close attention to stratigraphy" in order to build the site as close to what is looked like before (Jansen). But if they left the sites as they were and build a completely new model somewhere else, not only would the public be able to see what the sites looked like in ancient times, but ordinary people could go see the actual ancient sites from centuries ago. This way would be most beneficial for the majority of people. I can see how this topic of discussion can be controversial and I look forward to knowing how future scholars will voice their opinion on this debate.