Waves are running high in the dispute over the newly declared ‘leading culture’. Perhaps we need to broaden our perspective a little – both in time and space. This is what natural scientist and author Christian Mähr recommends.
That does not help the heat of the current dispute. Because a little thought only brings one thing: a nice cooling down. ‘Leading culture’ is reminiscent of ‘leading horizon’, a term used in paleontology and archaeology: a layer in the ground where characteristic remains of a certain era can be found. Microscopic limestone shells in one closet, specially shaped clothing fasteners in the other. The lime shells are millions of years old, the clothing fasteners are about 2000 years old.
What will we think of our time in 2000 years? What does the horizon of the “early 21st century” entail? What could be unearthed by the archaeologists of this distant future (more likely by the independently operating archaeological robots called Archi-Bots)?
Source: Krone
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