All HISTARCH list members will be pleased to know that one of our younger
colleagues has just published a major work
of the history of historical archaeology related to the "recluse" at Walden:

         Donald W. Linebaugh

         2005    THE MAN WHO FOUND THOREAU:  ROLAND W. ROBBINS AND THE RISE OF
                 HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN AMERICA.

                 U of New Hampshire Press/U Press of New England

         It is now available.

                                                                         RLS

At 07:39 PM 3/9/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>there's always the excavation of thoreau's cabin at walden pond...
>i always kick myself i didn't buy a copy of the report when i went out visi=
>ting back in '88...

Robert L. Schuyler
University of Pennsylvania Museum
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Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324

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