A response to Protohistoric Dating Key...
 
 
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>Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 17:54:20 -0700
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>From: "Brian W. Kenny" <[log in to unmask]>
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>From: "Margie Green" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Shoot The Messenger
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>The next installment of Shoot the Messenger
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>Mark-
>In response to your question:
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>1. I contacted the Reclamation contracting officer's representative before
>putting the query out on the internet, and he thought it was a good idea.
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>2. Contracting organizations and others interested in archaeology are in
>the habit of sharing information in Arizona through broad distribution of
>reports, information sharing meetings, our state
>professional and avocational organizations, and networking.
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>3. I am trying to pull together the most current information available.
>Much of the information on the protohistoric has been collected in the last
>5-10 years and some of it may not have been published yet.
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>4. Most, if not all, of the contractors who might answer probably collected
>their information while being paid by a government agency. It is my goal to
>gather this information, whether government funded or not, in the most
>efficient way possible.
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>5. The contract I'm working under is cost reimbursable, and the fewer hours
>I spend gathering information the less Reclamation (and the taxpayers) will
>pay.
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>6. In response to the suggestion from Ms. Cooper, one requirement of the
>contract involves putting information gathered under the contract out on
>Reclamation's web page. If the end product of this information gathering
>truly is a useful dating key, it will be made available.
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>7. In response to the question regarding whether this request reflects the
>changing way we do archaeology in this country, i.e., shifting from an
>institutionalto a contracted base?, I agree with Ms. Cooper that it simply
>reflects employing the internet as one research tool among many. I object
>to the notion that sharing information should be confined to an academic
>setting where you're not paid to do research. Last time I checked,
>university faculty members also were doing financially compensated research.
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>In summary, in terms of compiling the information the only difference I see
>between finding peoples' research in the library and on the internet is
>that I might find some things on the internet that are not available in the
>library. Of course, the library work will be done as well, but hopefully
>will go more quickly with insights gained from internet responses.
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>The only other difference is that I am asking people to give a few moments
>of their time to assist me in my research. First of all, they do not have
>to respond. If their work is published and available in the standard
>locations it will be included as needed and cited. I would respond to such
>a query if I had the desired
>information, and frequently do respond to telephone requests I
>get within the hour. Whether in an academic or contract situation our
>interest is in furthering knowledge and the more we share it the better off
>we all are. In point of fact, I have already received some helpful
>responses and appreciate them.
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>Margie Green
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Anita Cohen-Williams
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