Please accept my apologies.  I did not mean to diss any of the work 
being done "across the pond."  Yes, I meant classical archaeology, not 
all of Old World archaeology.  But I was also speaking of what was being 
taught at the University of Pennsyvlania in the early 1970's - which was 
not even current with developments in the field AT THAT TIME, let alone 
now.  I managed to stick with archaeology despite my frustrations with 
the program at Penn, and went on to a much better and broader and more 
up-to-date education at the Pennsylvania State University (NOT the same 
thing as Univ. of Pennsylvania) in the later 1970s and 1980s.
Meli Diamanti


Paul Scotton wrote:

>Apologies are not necessary but thanks.  As for "recent years", the efforts
>in Greece by both the Greeks themselves and the foreign archaeological
>schools had moved far beyond the Art History notion by at least as early as
>the second decade of the 20th century.  My own efforts have been fueled by
>the copious strategraphic records kept in field notebooks from 1914 and
>1915.  I suspect neither of us would consider that recent.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark
>Branstner
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>>>Classical archaeology is more the ART HISTORY-based work of
>>>Greek/Roman/Egyptian/etc. archaeology of the past (and perhaps the
>>>present), that has only in recent years begun to catch up with REAL
>>>archaeology :-)
>>>      
>>>
>>This notion of Classical Archaeology is certainly dated and has been 
>>for quite sometime.
>>
>>Paul D. Scotton
>>Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology
>>Classics
>>California State University
>>1250 N. Bellflower Blvd.
>>Long Beach, CA 90840-2404
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>>
>
>Sorry Paul ...  My response was meant to be very general and only in 
>response to Meli's post ..  Also, my concept of "recent years" may be 
>significantly different than yours ... I sometimes forget how how 
>long I have been doing this.
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