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Michael Strutt <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 6 Mar 2001 14:54:57 -0600
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Two patron saints??

Goodness knows there are some days when the profession can use all the help it
can get.

Iain Stuart wrote:

> Thanks to all those who replied. Work in my office was suspended while we
> checked out the Saints page. It seems that the catholic web pages are either
> .org or .com. No doubt the .com would confirm the many suspicions of people.
> Why not .gov?
>
> Anyway the conclusion is that St Damasus is real as is the hitherto
> unsuspected St Jerome also claiming to be the Patron Saint of Archaeology.
> Can archaeology have two patron sites (maybe one for Prehistoric and one for
> Historical?). Which is the more appropriate?
>
> Does the SHA (or for that matter ASHA) have an official view on which is the
> patron saint of archaeology?
>
> Iain Stuart
> Principal, Archaeology and Heritage Management
> HLA-Envirosciences Pty. Ltd.

--
Michael Strutt
Staff Archeologist
Center For Historic Preservation
Middle Tennessee State University
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