Robert L Schuyler got the joke wrong. Industrial archaeologists would have
instantly recognized the style and therefore the date of the rails, and
made special note of recent use-wear; such attributes are the wind under
their wings. It is NON-industrial historical archaeologists who got hammered.

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>(2) The only historical archaeology joke I have ever heard going around is:
>
>         There were two industrial archaeologists doing a survey in the
>woods when they discovered two linear iron
>         artifacts in situ. They began to carefully map, draw and
>photograph these finds and they were doing a
>         great job until they were run over by a train.
>
>                                                                 RLS