Thomas and Pitblado Uravelling (I): Compliance with Deckers

In their response to the 'debate' articles in Antiquity Pitblado and Thomas (2020 'Unravelling the spectra of Stewards and Collectors') deal quite succinctly with the text of Pieterjan Deckers (for link, see my comments on it here):

As our views align closely with those expressed by Deckers (2020), we welcome his contribution but will not say much more about it in this response.

Actually, they do not say anything about it at all, making it a bit of a waste of space in a debate. It is like he has nothing particularly relevant to say.

So, here's an equally pathetic unicorn.

Now for their response to SAA president Watkins...