25.03.2013 Views

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

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

116<br />

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

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!