Last week, a nice article came out about Mayan epigraphy and specifically about David Stuart’s Maya Decipherment blog. Don’t be fooled by the title – this isn’t about Zooniverse-style crowdsourced science (which has its own merits and challenges), but about the way that the blog is being used for early discussion and review of new ideas by very prominent scholars (which Stuart clearly is) – not supplanting peer review but in parallel to it. I particularly like the article’s emphasis on the ongoing and collaborative nature of Maya epigraphy (while acknowledging that it can be an incredibly contentious field at times). I would, however, like to propose a moratorium on the journalistic use of the word ‘mysteries’ in reference to archaeological findings.
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