I agree that students need to be able to hold and touch the real thing (re. artifacts). But that should not detract from the sharing of information and resources in a digital age, when it is probably impossible for every department at every university to own type collections of every potential artifact type ever created. There's nothing that can truly substitute for hands-on experience and practice (the "real McCoy") when people are learning artifact identification. Otherwise, every armchair archaeologist could qualify her/himself as an "expert" simply by watching specials on t.v. channels.





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