Almost all of the critical comments on my article “Ethics and the Hyperreality of the Archaeological Thought World” are clear examples of the very trends in thinking that I sought to highlight concerning archaeology's unethical treatment of American Indian people, past and present. The unpleasant personal attacks that dominate many of the comments show the unwillingness and inability of the authors to come to terms with the serious higher level ethical issues confronting Americanist archaeology.
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