New archaeology listings on the About.com web page this week are:
Career Paths in Archaeology: Cultural Resource Law
http://archaeology.about.com/od/alternatecareers/p/lawyer.htm?nl=1
A cultural resource lawyer provides legal advice and services in connection
with cultural resource related issues. Cultural resource law maven Colleen
McCarthy, describes the career path.
Podcasts in Archaeology:
http://archaeology.about.com/od/podcasts/?nl=1
Podcasting is the latest craze among the digiterati, and there are already a
handful of archaeology podcasts on the Internet.
AIA Fieldwork Listings 2006
http://archaeology.about.com/b/a/210073.htm?nl=1
Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin Online is one of the largest
online listings of fieldwork opportunities in the world. They are in process
of preparing their 2006 print edition of the AFOB; deadline for submittal is
November 11, 2005, so get your listing in soon.
Trivia Quiz: Bog Bodies
http://archaeology.about.com/library/games/blbogbodies.htm?nl=1
Pass it along please, and thanks!
K. Kris Hirst
Guide for Archaeology @ About.com
http://archaeology.about.com
http://www.scribaltraditions.com
http://www.wasteflake.com
Quote of the Week: "You have made so much out of your life in such a short
time and your head is so beautifully shaped, I would consider it a great
contribution to the history of your people if you would let us have your
head when you depart for the Happy Hunting Ground." - Edgar Lee Hewett to
Tsianina Blackstone
http://archaeology.about.com/cs/quotes/qt/quote125.htm
More quotes at:
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There are 8 messages totalling 221 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Frozen Dead Soldier at Sequoia National Park (3)
2. excavation justification (3)
3. Underwater Guidelines
4. stratigraphy/documentation
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:07:07 -0400
From: Ron May <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Frozen Dead Soldier at Sequoia National Park
Vergil,
Well, to me sixty years is old enough to protect the artifacts associated
with the soldier. We know his remains will be identified and then buried
according to custom. Most people will be surprised to learn that even during
World War II, uniforms differed substantially from unit to unit and state to
state.
The uniforms worn in various campaigns differed and many units had to
acquire replacement material from other nations' armies (a friend, for
example, acquired British uniforms and put his own insignia in Burma-China).
Given this information, I am thinking the particular artifacts found with
the dead soldier could be significant historical items that might
contribute to our understanding of some aspect of World War II. The story
aired once again today and CNN reported it as well. The film showed at
least three archaeologists troweling snow away to reveal anything
associated with the body.
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:20:06 -0400
From: Ron May <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: excavation justification
And there are so many "necessary things" that never get written in diaries,
letters, or official records but are exposed in archaeology. For example,
toilet or privy construction during Spanish colonial settings are poorly
documented, if at all. Why would such things be of interest or even
important to history? Well, those usually are the time capsules that reveal
so much about "behaviors beyond the pot." Perhaps the sequel to Small
Things Forgotten should be a book titled, Necessary Things Forgotten.
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:52:19 -0400
From: George Myers <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: excavation justification
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:25:09 -0400
From: Ron May <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: excavation justification
Back in the 1980s, I had the honor to staff a Certified Local Government
historical board for the County of San Diego. Most of the people appointed
to the board had zero training in historic preservation law or even
experience in what makes something historic. I believe that situations
continues today with many decision-makers. It also exists with trained
professional historians who do not understand what forensic evidence can
contribute toward solving social history issues important to the general
public, geographers, anthropologists and sociologists in archaeological
contexts. The CLG board members at the County were always saying, "nothing
built in my lifetime can be historical or important" and laughed heartily.
Ironically, 90% of the buildings landmarked by the local cities in the
county region were built in the past eighty years and I have friends older
than that. Why would we landmark a building if historical records exist in
newspapers, letters, and government documents? The answer is simple, those
records do not exist sufficiently to adequately describe the buildings and
we know even less about the artistic qualities the individual designers and
builders applied during their construction. The same goes for archaeology
of the 20th century.
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
_www.legacy106.com_ (http://www.legacy106.com)
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:51:32 -0400
From: Carl Steen <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Underwater Guidelines
I've been helping to update our state professional archaeologists council's
(COSCAPA) Guidelines and Standards for Archaeological Investigations and a
question came up recently regarding underwater projects. We don't have any
specific guidelines other than to consult with the state underwater
archaeology folks. Do any other states have guidelines and standards for
underwater projects conducted in a section 106 context? Do other states
require underwater work as often as they do terrestrial work? thanks, Carl
Steen
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:53:05 -0400
From: George Myers <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: stratigraphy/documentation
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:55:58 -0400
From: Tim Thompson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Frozen Dead Soldier at Sequoia National Park
Joe Jones wrote:
From: "Joe B. Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Frozen Dead Soldier at Sequoia National Park
My understanding is, once Army property, always Army property (unless sold
by the Army as surplus).
CORRECT, if you expand to "military": This also includes military materiel
captured from the military of other nations during armed conflict, such as
the CSS Hundley, and the captured German munitions we are recovering at the
Former Nansemond Army Depot in Suffolk, VA, where they are being removed
after being brought thither and "demilitarized". Remember, when you sign on
the dotted line, it includes your body.
This is why the Department of Defense remains liable for for its "unexploded
ordnance" with no time or location limit. The recovery of this dangerous
material is an unsung public benefit provided by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (we get enough bad press as it is).
Tim T.
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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 21:29:38 -0400
From: George Myers <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Frozen Dead Soldier at Sequoia National Park
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