Since Sister Mary accidently sent her recent message to me to  HISTARCH I
would like to point out to all new members of the list
and new students in historical archaeology that Bunny Fontana is Bernard
Fontana of Tucson, Arizona. He is a pioneer in
the historical archaeology of the Southwest having excavated a late
19th-early 20th century site, Johnny Ward's Ranch,
in southern Arizona in the early 1960s. His site report  served as the
"bible" for archaeologists finding 19th century material
culture  for many years. Fontana is a past SHA President and a recipient of
the J. C. Harrington Medal.
More importantly he is much more famous as an ethnologist and
ethnohistorian of the American Southwest.

I think the name "Bunny" was given to him as a child by his mother [Is that
correct B.F.?] and he signs his letters
with a wonderful rabbit (ears) signature.

I have no idea, when Spanish ovens where introduced to the Southwest or
even where they came from in the Old World.
Roman, Moslem, ancient Near East??

                                                                 Bob Schuyler


At 10:09 PM 10/20/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I had to use this particular email to ask you if the Hornos Bunny topped
>my faux
>pas on the Listserve!!!!!  <Laughing so hard my face hurts!>
>
>Sister Mary
>--
>It is within the boundaries of love that you discover life. Enjoy it!
>
>
>Quoting "Robert L. Schuyler" <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Most Memorable Find
> >
> > So many I can not separate them - I am amazed by just about everything
> > historical archaeologists dig up. If I had to select I
> > would offer something different. I found in the special collections of the
> > Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley a hand written (ca.
> > 13 pages) autobiography of a key person in the town where we were
> > excavating, Silver Reef, Utah Territory (ca. 1876-1896).
> > He was the newspaper editor, a lawyer, the mining recorder, the post office
> > master and he ran a general store, all at different
> > times in the town's history. The "memorable" discovery was that before he
> > went out West (after the Civil War) he was in
> > Pennsylvania and he helped to build College Hall at Penn (1870s) where, at
> > the time of our project, I had one of my offices (American Civilization).
> > That was  quite a discovery.
> >                                                          Bob Schuyler
> >
> > P.S. I am not a "fossil", nor an artifact, nor a Republican. Sister Mary
> > (a.k.a. Most Reverent Holy Mother), if you do not
> > stop "kissing up"  to me on HISTARCH you are going to grow prehensile lips.
> > [P.P.S. Do not answer or comment on this
> > comment on HISTARCH].
> >
> >
> > At 08:02 AM 10/13/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > >This is a wonderful thread!  What better  way to start what will be a
> > >slightly dreary morning writing about very rusted, no diagnostics-bearing,
> > >early 20th century overalls buttons than a trip down memory lane thinking
> > >about the things that got me into this field in the first place!  Hafta
> > jump
> > >in here with a couple of neat finds that at the time and place seemed of
> > >international importance to me.
> > >
> > >Most likely the MOST memorable thing I ever found was back on my first
> > >project when we excavated an Russian contact period Aleut longhouse
> site on
> > >Unalaska Island and I found a crushed copper samovar (ugly little thing
> > >really) sitting upon what was at one time the grass matting of the house
> > >floor.  I'm not sure what was neatest, the samovar, or the perfectly
> > >preserved 150-yr old beach grass adhereing to the surface!  That was
> topped
> > >shortly afterwards by the find of a hand-carved faceted amber bead about
> > the
> > >size of a grape at the other end of the longhouse.
> > >
> > >Fast-forward a few years to an historic Choctaw townsite excavation in
> > >southeast Oklahoma.  We were excavating the remains of a Removal Period
> > >townsite, and were in search of the hotel known to have been in the town.
> > >1830's ceramics were in abundant supply, and we were definitely excavating
> > >some type of building, when one of the volunteers turned over a large
> > >ceramic platter fragment, and on the base it said "hotel".  Now I realize
> > >that doesn't mean we were sitting in the remains of the hotel, but it sure
> > >was neat!
> > >
> > >Lynita Langley-Ware
> >
> > Robert L. Schuyler
> > University of Pennsylvania Museum
> > 33rd & Spruce Streets
> > Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324
> >
> > Tel: (215) 898-6965
> > Fax: (215) 898-0657
> > [log in to unmask]
> >

Robert L. Schuyler
University of Pennsylvania Museum
33rd & Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324

Tel: (215) 898-6965
Fax: (215) 898-0657
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