One thing that would be really really cool for the site is a TPQ list.
Currently everybody has to create their own, so it would be really neat to
have a standardized list of the most common items (obviously with
references to appropriate sources) and a maybe a (brief) starter list of
reference works for dating and typing artifacts.  The best thing about this
type of a TPQ list is that it could keep up with innovations and provide
asingle location and academic reference for such innovations as pop-top
cans, etc.
 
Mary Ellin
 
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*  Mary Ellin D'Agostino       *
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*  Department of Anthropology  *
*  University of California    *
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