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Susan Walter <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:49:16 -0700
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emic = viewing a culture through your own eyes
etic = viewing a culture through their eyes

THEY GOT FED.  Think about it. How often have you truely been hungry?

S. Walter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron May" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: Dam archaeology


> Not that I have had personal experience on dam archaeology, but having
> attended a number of conference presentations and observing slides, I can
> contribute that artifact in situ survival depends on when the dam was
built. Some
> time during the Great Depression, the federal authorities dreamed up  make
work
> for employing large crews of Civilian Conservation Corps or W.P.A. (We
Putter
> Around? No, I think it Works Progress Administration) by tearing down
> buildings, cutting trees, and removing heavy things before inundation.
Before  that
> time, it was as Mary Maniery said, whole trains and buildings still
intact.
> Fishermen benefit greatly from the buildings because fish congregate
around
> standing objects. The more obstacles, the less disruption of the shrubbery
and
> more protection of the soil mantle (and artifacts in situ). Have I got  it
in
> for the old CCC and WPA guys, you betcha! Those clowns tore down
historical
> buildings, knocked over walls, and generally destroyed more  historical
> buildings and structures than nature.
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
>
>
>
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