Month: February 2020

@gospacecraft Thank you.

Thank you.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) July 2, 2020

@Sarah_May1 @Rebecca52731232 @TheProfRog One interesting exploration of this which occurs in popular culture again and again in an instinctive, under-explored way that ignores archaeology – though not always – is TV detective fiction, especially in the cold case genre.

One interesting exploration of this which occurs in popular culture again and again in an instinctive, under-explored way that ignores archaeology – though not always – is TV detective fiction, especially in the cold case genre.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) July 2, 2020

@Sarah_May1 @Rebecca52731232 @TheProfRog The much missed ‘Waking The Dead’ (the title says so much) often featured episodes where bodies were exposed by property development and sometimes archaeology and the solving of the case became a closing rite of respect or where the right cultural rites were allowed by detection.

The much missed 'Waking The Dead' (the title says so much) often featured episodes where bodies were exposed by property development and sometimes archaeology and the solving of the case became a closing rite of respect or where the right cultural rites were allowed by detection.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) July 2, 2020

@Sarah_May1 @Rebecca52731232 No. Not within vodun and not within post Night of the Living Dead mainstream horror. In fact, with zombies, the rites of the dead are entirely divorced from the process of reanimation.

No. Not within vodun and not within post Night of the Living Dead mainstream horror. In fact, with zombies, the rites of the dead are entirely divorced from the process of reanimation.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) July 2, 2020

@Sarah_May1 @Rebecca52731232 In the fiction of Hookland there is a Ghost Preservation Society which bombs property developers to prevent the erasure of spirits et al.

In the fiction of Hookland there is a Ghost Preservation Society which bombs property developers to prevent the erasure of spirits et al.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) July 2, 2020

@Sarah_May1 @Rebecca52731232 As I’ve said in lecture, almost all horror ultimately is a form of unearthing, but that act is often not the trajectory of trouble, but rather what happens to what is unearthed. The museum case or cardboard box is a poor containment field …

As I've said in lecture, almost all horror ultimately is a form of unearthing, but that act is often not the trajectory of trouble, but rather what happens to what is unearthed. The museum case or cardboard box is a poor containment field …

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) July 2, 2020

@Sarah_May1 @Rebecca52731232 … swords were considered to be spirits in themselves and like grieving dogs, seem unhappy to be parted from their wielders. The funerary urn denied its purpose may become as angry as ashes of its former occupant. Below the surface, we are all animists.

… swords were considered to be spirits in themselves and like grieving dogs, seem unhappy to be parted from their wielders. The funerary urn denied its purpose may become as angry as ashes of its former occupant. Below the surface, we are all animists.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) July 2, 2020

@Sarah_May1 @Rebecca52731232 The culture of treasure. the culture of finding itself, where the objects which belong to the dead are considered property of the discovery is clearly a major source of undead discontent. Property rights, since at least Ur, have always been a bone of contention.

The culture of treasure. the culture of finding itself, where the objects which belong to the dead are considered property of the discovery is clearly a major source of undead discontent. Property rights, since at least Ur, have always been a bone of contention.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) July 2, 2020

@Sarah_May1 @Rebecca52731232 One of the great dissonances in some archaeology is the mission to uncover, to reveal and forge respect for the culture that has gone through objects is entirely undone by its lack of regard for that same culture’s rites of the dead.

One of the great dissonances in some archaeology is the mission to uncover, to reveal and forge respect for the culture that has gone through objects is entirely undone by its lack of regard for that same culture's rites of the dead.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) July 2, 2020

@AkhtarSascha Cultures that cannot express kindness are cultures that wither.

Cultures that cannot express kindness are cultures that wither.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) July 2, 2020