I've taken the liberty of correcting the quote, adding the cited reference
and added the historical arcaelogy site:

   - West Point Foundry <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Foundry>,
   New York. The West Point Foundry Archeological Site was listed on the
   National Register of Historic Places in 2010.


On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 6:49 AM, Schuyler, Robert L <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> P.S. Do not forget those who also define Anthropology as "the science of
> the obvious."  No idea who came up with that definition.
>
>
> Robert L. Schuyler
> University of Pennsylvania Museum
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> ________________________________
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Karen Swope <
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> The quote is from page 1 of:
>
> Deetz, James
> 1991 Introduction: Archaeological Evidence of Sixteenth- and
> Seventeenth-Century Encounters, pp. 1-9. In Historical Archaeology in
> Global Perspective, Lisa Falk, editor. Smithsonian Institution Press,
> Washington, D.C.
>
> Exact wording: "Historical archaeology has several definitions. One of the
> more unfortunate ones--which is certainly not true but which should be
> mentioned--is that historical archaeology is the most expensive way in the
> world to learn something we already know. I am afraid that does happen more
> than it should, but it need not."
>
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> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Barbara Voss
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 11:07 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: looking for source for Deetz quote
>
> Dear colleagues:
>
> I'm trying to track down the source of a quote often attributed to Jim
> Deetz -
>
> "Historical archaeology is the most expensive way in the world to learn
> something we already know."
>
> Wikipedia's Historical Archaeology page attributes this to Deetz 1991:1,
> but the webpage does not list a Deetz 1991 citation. Wikipedia lists a
> longer quote than the one I remember:
>
> "Historical archaeology has several definitions. One of the more
> unfortunate ones -- which is certainly not true... is that historical
> archaeology is the most expensive way in the world to learn something we
> already know."
>
> Google failed me, so I'm turning to something better - the HistArch
> hive-mind. Any leads?
>
> Thanks!
> Barb
>
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