I vote with Jenni Hatchett. In some cases, Marco Polo introduced the  
historical record.
 
Ron May
 
 
In a message dated 3/30/2009 7:25:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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I  understand our list master's insistence that this list is for historical  
archaeology and not history, but it seems fairly subjective and inconsistent  
to censor this question.  The discussion of the Cologne archives was  allowed 
although it did not technically relate to historical archaeology  outside of 
the fact that historical archaeologists might use such an  archive.  In the 
same vein, history (including Marco Polo) is clearly a  huge portion of 
historical archaeology, and I, personally, don't think it is  outside the realm of what 
should be allowed discussion on this list.  If  anyone had complained that 
this question was inappropriate, I could understand  the censure, but I didn't 
see any comments from list members who thought that  this was offensive.

Jenni Hatchett


-----Original  Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On  Behalf Of Connie 
Street
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:47 AM
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Subject: Marco Polo

Is anyone on this list familiar  with Marco Polo?  I watched a movie about 
him yesterday. First off I was  insulted to see a Caucasian actor as the 
Khan...but what raised my curiosity  the most was how Marco was instantly able to 
communicate with the  Chinese.  Does anyone know how he learned Chinese or the 
Chinese learned  Italian?

Connie Street
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