Bjorn Kurten (not Kurtin) is one of the world's leading authorities on
Pleistocene mammals and the author of many scientific books and papers,
several popular works about evoloution, palaeontology, palaeoanthropology
and archaeology, and two novels, including "Dance of the Tiger" and
"Singletusk".
 
Chris Andersen
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vivian Lea Stevens [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 10:41 AM
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> Subject:      Re: a quote
>
> Can't help you, but what a great quote!  Being a curatorial type, not an
> archeologist, could you tell me who Bjorn Kurtin is/was?  Thanks!
>
> Vivian Lea Stevens
>
> K. Kris Hirst wrote:
> >
> > Pardon the cross-listings. A colleague is finishing up a book
> manuscript,
> > and wants to use the following quote as part of the introduction.
> > Unfortunately, she has inadvertently lost the complete citation, and is
> > hoping that somebody out there might recognize the location.
> >
> > "None of the dead can rise up and answer our questions. But from all
> they
> > have left behind, their imperishable or slowly dissolving gear, we may
> > perhaps hear voices, which only now are able to whisper, when everything
> > else is become silent."
> >         Bjorn Kurtin
> >
> > Can anybody help out?
> >
> > kris
> >
> > Kris Hirst
> > Office of the State Archaeologist
> > The University of Iowa
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