You've hit upon a very important question in archaeology, and, with my archaeologist hat on very briefly, the question, especially in modern archaeology, of what to do with remains in the ground is an increasingly crucial one. Archaeology is a rather invasive process, and ultimately one ends up with something of a moral dilemma because on one hand we are constantly fighting the urge to dig everything up and marvel at it, on the other hand we have to take into account the damage that all archaeology can do and also we should consider that we might want to leave someothing there for future generations who, presumably, might have access to much better, and therefore safer, technology than we do.

When I first started out in archaeology, a million years ago, the idea that geophysics would become so advanced that we could see intact archaeology underground without disturbing it was a very alien idea. One day, we might never have to disturb it at all.

The balance between our desire to fill museums with magnificent things and a responsibility to the future is a very delicate and pressing one. I must say, though, that this is perhaps a debate for a specifically archaeological forum.

And you should go back and read more closely what George Lucas said about Vietnam

I know that in the church, red is the liturgical color for martyrs in particular, and I think for saints in general. In the pre-19th century depictions, is that why he gets red robes? I would have thought bishop’s robes would have been purple. But as I’m typing I realize I’m projecting my modern understanding backwards and making a lot of assumptions and I actually have no idea what color bishops wore anytime before 1800…

It is way past my bedtime and therefore I did not read your substack article as thoroughly as I would have liked, so apologies if you answered this there.

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But It seems that the making of avocado oil is really complex and surprisingly recent, like less that 40 years recent.

I was really surprised to learn that this is the case for tons of the oils available today, rather than them being the legacies of old traditions from cultures that had the ingredients the oils come from.