But, historical archaeology is the archaeology of the New World, NOT
history. We use written documents combined with archaeology to help us
explore the sites.
Marco Polo is a historical figure that has nothing to do with
historical archaeology as a discipline. If you want to discuss
medieval archaeology, I suggest moving over to the ARCH-L discussion
list.
I left the Cologne archives story on the list because the politics
swirling around the collapse are something that all archaeologists
have to deal with in a modern world.
I try to keep this discussion list as on topic as possible. If you
feel that I am censoring posts, I suggest you go start your own list
and see what it is like.
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Anita Cohen-Williams
Listowner, HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, and SPANBORD
Twitter: @searchguru