Talk:Xenoarchaeology

message: I wonder if the list of fictional xenoarchaeologists is really necessary? 203.206.103.96 17:43, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: List of Fictional Xenoarchaeologists

message: An article that consists mostly of lists isn't that useful.  I wish there was more "meat" to this article.
I did a search in Google scholar and I found this reference to an unpublished paper:
:"V. Walsh, ‘Exoarchaeology’, unpublished paper presented at the ‘“When Worlds Collide”: Archaeology and Science Fiction’ session of the Theoretical Archaeology Group Annual Conference, 16–18 December 1997, Bournemouth University, England." --64.230.120.109 17:41, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Constructive criticism

message: Recently, an IP has been repeatedly adding the following paragraph to the article:
:Both Walsh and Fewer's suggestions attempt to introduce the use of the scientific principles to a future discipline of Xenoarchaeology and as such are responses to the current highly unscientific nature of this area of interest. Both statements should however be seen within the context of a purely hypothetical need for the study of alien artefacts or remains since even given a high propability of other life within the Universe (as suggested by some interpretations of the Drake Equation) the size of the universe would make the probability of humans finding remains very low especially within the first few hundred years of interstellar travel. In addition the current development of space exploration is still in its infancy compared to the level of technological development in interstellar travel needed for humans to reach beyond our own solar system and into an area where the presence of extant or extinct alien remains might be encountered, thus rendering the development of a field of archaeology to study such remains of little scientific value at this point in human development.
This paragraph doesn't adhere to WP:NPOV and the Wikipedia:Manual of Style, and to me it doesn't seem to add anything to the article.  Third parties, please advise: should this be included?  If so, it needs drastic revision. Michaelbusch (talk) 23:58, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The lead already explains that xenoarchaeology is a hypothetical science - we don't need a detailed (and "some interpretations of the Drake Equation" POV) attempt at explanation of why we haven't found any off-world alien dig sites yet. --McGeddon (talk) 10:23, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
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message: Could this subject extend to archeological studies of other human species, or is it exclusively extraterrestrial?
:The term Xenoarchaeology could technically be applied to a parallel human offshoot, I suppose, but it would be a slightly asinine use currently.  I could see it being the term of choice in some distant future involving the study of any human colonies that may go their seperate ways, but even that use is a bit questionable.  --Human.v2.0 (talk) 17:21, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
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