I'd love to see what's known about the 29th century in Virginia!
 
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of Lyle E. Browning
Sent: Mon 3/26/2007 2:09 PM
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Subject: Re: Creating Access and Syntheses



The Archeological Society of Virginia/Council of Virginia 
Archaeologists (ASV/COVA) publication series starting with Paleo and 
working forward to the 29th century is synthetic in nature and draws 
heavily upon gray literature. Check www.asv-archeology.org.

The Virginia Department of Historic Resources has a quiet program of 
getting electronic copies of all photos for projects and then of e-
copies of reports.

Lyle Browning



On Mar 26, 2007, at 11:02 AM, King, Julia wrote:

> HISTARCHers,
>
> Thanks to everyone who has responded on and off list about my 
> earlier post concerning the challenges of creating access to 
> archaeological information.  Although I haven't had a chance to 
> digest everything in detail, I was able to at least get the gist of 
> the comments.
>
> I was particularly struck by those comments regarding the virtual 
> inaccessibility of gray literature ("fugitive literature"), and 
> also by those noting that, even when gray literature and other 
> forms of data are relatively accessible, as through many SHPO 
> offices, not all archaeologists will make use of the material, even 
> if they are aware of its existence.
>
> Some colleagues suggested regional meetings as an appropriate venue 
> for discussing recent findings and their meaning for broader 
> syntheses and interpretations.
>
> A few pointed to the job the UK's Archaeological Data Service is 
> doing, at least in terms of dissemination of data.
>
> Still others wonder if the problem is best addressed by confronting 
> even more fundamental issues, from how at every level we 'create' 
> data (in the field as well as in the lab) to how long an 
> archaeologist has sole 'rights' to a specific set of data.
>
> Time and money (resources) are of course an issue.
>
> Thank you again and if you have time for one more request: do you 
> have any ideas or examples of good, usable, synthetic or 
> comparative projects that draw on gray literature, whether they be 
> locally or regionally based?  Are there models out there worth 
> touting?
>
> Julie King
>
>
>

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