Islands as laboratories

The weather in Cambridge, UK is thankfully better for university student Athena who is writing an essay on Malta and Mediterranean island archeology. In this post she writes about J.D. Evans views on islands:

What is interesting is the assumption that any islander will feel the lack of a number of desirable things, citing islanders themselves and people working on islands as evidence for this. Perhaps this idea is a British thing (I'm reminded of D.H. Lawrence whining that he could not get his toast and tea in Sardinia). But I digress... Evans further notes that island communities often display a tendency towards the exaggerated development of some cultural aspect, often connected to the ceremonial. His work in Malta must have really influenced this one :-) For those not familiar with Maltese archaeology, J.D. Evans carried out much valuable work on the island and his report on prehistoric finds remains one of the most useful tools to date. His chronology was kind of shattered and re-done by David Trump..

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