Same here Geoff.  I get people sending me links on new fossil
finds...even after I tell them I'm not a paleontologist...I only deal
with remains/trash from human occupation (etc.).  After all these
yrs...we (archys) still don't seem to be getting the correct info across
to Joe Public. ???

I interpret this cartoon to be...in the future...and they are digging in
a buried exhibit room in a (former) museum. ???

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geoff carver
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 1:36 PM
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Subject: Re: "bad" archaeology cartoon

Maybe; I still get educated people telling me about all the fossils they
saw
& how I'd really be interested... discussing dinosaurs at parties... the
plaque they're reading is archaeology, tho...
Paint brush, but no trowel...

-----Original Message-----
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Martin
C. Perdue

I think this was meant to be a cartoon featuring paleontologists, not
that
the greater public will always make such finer shades of distinction