TAKE ME OFF THIS LIST

Connie W. Hodges


>From: Marty Pickands <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: French and Indian War Graves & NY Looting merged at last
>Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:20:39 -0400
>
>Here are some news links about the current state of things here:
>
>http://www.poststar.com/articles/2006/06/07/news/doc44864d99ede07305807864.txt
>
>
>http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=489244
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>http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=488898
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>State Museum staff are looking into the situation as we speak.
>
>
>Marty Pickands, New York State Museum
>
>
> >>> Alasdair Brooks <[log in to unmask]> 06/07/06 12:37 AM >>>
> > And Tim...I think you may have seen the origianl post on another
> > site...since I never saw the original article link or discussion.
>??
> > (but, I don't seem to get many HISTARCH posts any more)...just some
>of
> > the replies.  ??
>
>
>For what it's worth, I think the problem here is that Tim changed the
>title to the thread.
>
>What was originally titled 'French and Indian War Graves found on
>Rogers
>Island in the Hudson River', first posted by Jared Barrett, became 'NY
>looting' when Tim replied to it.
>
>Tim's first post quoted directly from the article first linked to by
>Jared
>when Tim wrote: 'There are no plans to give professional
>archaeologists
>access to the site, although Richard Fuller said he has talked with an
>anthropologist about having the skeletons analyzed and studied.'  So
>Tim
>wasn't imagining things.
>
>Directly before that quote was: '"You don't just rush out there and
>start
>digging because you think it's interesting," said David Starbuck [who
>seems to be the article's token professional], who spent more than a
>decade conducting extensive excavations on Rogers Island and at nearby
>sites but didn't uncover any cemeteries. "It's important to proceed
>very
>cautiously."
>While he and his wife aren't professional archaeologists, Richard
>Fuller
>said they're "well-versed in archaeology techniques" from their
>previous
>work with an Albany-area archaeological firm.'
>
>I know we have Albany-based people on this list (Marty, I'm
>metaphorically
>looking at you) - perhaps they might have some insight on this
>'previous
>work with an Albany-area archaeological firm'.
>
>Alasdair Brooks