>>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

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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Mark C. Branstner
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