Whoops, well just you wait a while and it will all be clear.
On top of that, there is some indication of a volume on 20th as well
as the should-have-been-but-for-a-type 19th century.
Lyle Browning
On Mar 26, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Boyer, Jeffrey, DCA wrote:
> I'd love to see what's known about the 29th century in Virginia!
>
> Jeffrey L. Boyer, RPA
> Project Director
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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
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>
> 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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