Speaking as a shovel bum
Keep this list.. 
 Thanks
Kris Oswald

-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Robert L. Schuyler
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:02 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: "Parents" and Historical Archaeology

I will  do a longer piece on this issue later today but I want to tell
Anita:

         (1) Do not give up HISTARCH. It is a vital tool for all 
those who study Historical Archaeology, that is, the archaeology of 
the Modern World (ca. AD 1400 to the Present). Other types of 
archaeologies of history have their own discussion groups as they
should.

         God Bless Anita and HISTARCH. Ranging from questions of 
theory to identifying specific artifacts, HISTARCH is one of our best 
research and communication tools we have. SHA honored both Anita and 
HISTARCH with an SHA Award of Merit for these services a few years 
back. HISTARCH has not grown less important since that ceremony, it 
has increased every year in its importance.

         (2) Although the article I wrote, which Fontana refers to in 
his message, was first published in 1970 (actually written in 1969), 
I am not the real "Father of Historical Archaeology." That 
designation must belong to people like J.C. Harrington, John L. 
Cotter, Kenneth Kidd,
Art Woodward et al, et al, both in North America and elsewhere in the 
world (e.g. the founders of the SPMA in Europe). Then there is a 
second generation of ancestors - Jim Deetz, Stan South, Bunny 
Fontana, Judy Birmingham et al. Finally there is my generation.

         Thank you for the comment Anita, it is a great honor,  but I 
was in part a student of Deetz which is why I am still so young.

         I will return today!

Bob Schuyler

At 08:18 PM 3/30/2009, you wrote:
>Geoff,
>
>The source is Dr. Schuyler's book, Historical Archaeology. IMHO, Bob
>is the father of Historical Archaeology as a discipline.
>
>On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:12 PM, geoff carver <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> > OK: so where did this definition come from? It must come from
somewhere,
> > have a source, someone you can cite...
> > But that still leaves me hanging: part of what I'm doing is
historical
> > (although I'd normally call the 19th & 20th century stuff "modern"),
part
> > medieval, part Classical, & possibly some prehistoric... except that
the
> > relation between historical & prehistoric...
> > I'm confused... just give me the source & I'll read it myself
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Historical Archaeology is the archaeology of the Modern World (AD
[or
> > if you prefer CE] 1400 to the Present
> >
>
>
>
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