The "historian" hat and the "historical archaeologist" hat can be worn
simultaneously. Bill Liebeknecht, Dan Mouer and Paul Courtney happen to be
living proof of this fact. I'm not surprised that these three should have
jumped into this thread with such vigor.

From all this verbiage, I think two statements distill the issue.

First, there is the perception on the part of some historians that
archaeologists have a too-simplistic view of the nature of historical
studies.

Second, there is the perception on the part of some archaeologists that
historians are so shallow that they can't contribute anything but
tangentially relevant dates and names..

Sound familiar?




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