I will vote with Patti on this one.

As she has pointed out, both the movie AND the public response to it are 
useful public archaeology DATA. We should try to understand this sort of 
data, not simply dismiss it as "incorrect". And, as she suggests, we can 
also use the film as a point of departure to discuss these issues with our 
classes and our publics.

carol

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Carol McDavid, Ph.D.
1638 Branard
Houston, TX 77006
www.webarchaeology.com
www.publicarchaeology.org


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From: "Patrice L. Jeppson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: Historical Archaeology on the big screen redux


> Heavens no, at least not in this way that you imply -- and lets hope that
> popular culture is not deferred to for methods instruction by any of our 
> peers.
>
> But I would suggest this as an ancillary resource potentially useful for
> Public Archaeology courses. It serves contemporary archaeologists as an
> example for how the general publics' knowledge is formulated and provides
> some insight about what kind of knowledge our public comes with when they
> visit historical archaeology sites. The theoretical treatises and core
> studies covered in those courses tend to deal with how publics learn about
> the past as opposed to "what" the public has learned.
>
> Patti Jeppson
> At 10:59 AM 8/7/2006 -0700, Mitch Allen wrote:
>
>>on the other hand, the archivist's actions violated every ethical
>>precept of the profession. So I'm not sure I'd want to use it as a
>>training film for historical archaeologists.
>>mitch allen
>> >
>> > [WARNING - if you have not seen the movie you may not want to read
>> > this]
>> > Although Gates does get a finder fee, he feels that the material
>> > history of
>> > the past belongs all people so he makes sure that that happens.
>> >
>> >
>> > Very un-Indiana Jones.
>> >
>>
>>
>>Mitch Allen
>>Publisher
>>Left Coast Press, Inc.
>>1630 N. Main Street, #400
>>Walnut Creek, California 94596
>>925 935-3380 phone and fax
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>>www.LCoastPress.com
>>
>>
>>
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