Into Eternity and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - Moisey, Andrew
Into Eternity and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - Moisey, Andrew
Into Eternity and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - Moisey, Andrew
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qui parle spring/summer 2012 vol.20, no.2<br />
Fig. 9. Monolith, by Jon Lomberg, 1991. Courtesy of <strong>the</strong> artist.<br />
periodic tables, astronomical charts, <strong>and</strong> inscriptions in many languages<br />
about what lies fur<strong>the</strong>r below (fi g. 11)—including maps of<br />
<strong>the</strong> WIPP site that would explain where to (not) fi nd <strong>the</strong> waste.<br />
More than one proposal called for a map of <strong>the</strong> world indicating<br />
where else to (not) unearth <strong>the</strong> same deadly material (fi g. 12).<br />
While it seems sensible to continue to warn those who misunderstood<br />
<strong>the</strong> initial message, this logic entirely contradicts <strong>the</strong> history<br />
of archaeology, which has no stories to tell of ancient chambers