Moreover, no one has apparently asked who "professionally" excavated this
figurine in 1933. I, for one, would like to see the field notes.  John Dendy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David L. Browman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 11:01 PM
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> Subject:      Re: romans in mexico? news from germany
>
> Hist Arch folk
>
> Please look at the story in the New Scientist.
> It is excerpted in the website "Anthropology in the News" which is run by
> Texas A & M.  That is the easiest place to find out the nature of the
> claim.
>
>  This is more than a tabloid issue.
>
> It is useful to read the story first.
>
> Also note that the photo in the New Scientist is misleading  -0- it is NOT
> the terracotta found.
>
> But once you actually read the story, and see what it is about,  you will
> appreciate that this is going to take a bit more serious work to disprove.
>
> So far six people have commented on it, and not one of the six has read
> the article.  Bad show.
>
> dave browman