Look closely at this picture and try to guess where it was taken and by whom it was taken…
We were sitting like this once with a guy having a beer and talking about material culture. About archaeological material culture and it was not necessary to dig into the ground, because the material culture is present around. Just like at that table.
So let’s look at it. The glasses are marked as Pilser Urquel, but the beer itself is Šariš. The tablecloth on the table is decorated with icons of Coca-Cola bottles, the logo of which can also be seen on the top left. It’s like sitting in Times Square.
We talked in English and German. I’m Slovak, the author of the shot, he’s Hungarian. And we sit in eastern Slovakia, near the Polish border…