GOOD. The only "historic" archaeologists are those over 70 years old.

RLS

At 10:16 AM 5/9/2012, you wrote:
>In deference to Dr. Schuyler, I have changed my e-mail signature from
>"Historic Archaeologist" to "Historical Archaeologist."  Now, if we just
>get those "Prehistorical Archaeologists" to recognize their mistake ...
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>Respectfully, Mark
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>Mark C. Branstner, RPA
>Historical Archaeologist
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>Illinois State Archaeological Survey
>Prairie Research Institute
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
>23 East Stadium Drive
>Champaign, IL 61820
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>Phone: 217.244.0892
>Fax: 217.244.7458
>Cell: 217.549.6990
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>"Memory vectors collective success for any people."
>--- Randall Robinson.
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>On 5/9/12 9:11 AM, "Robert L. Schuyler" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> >These introductions are really interesting, especially the various
> >interests and the global spread of our membership. So here goes:
> >
> >Robert L. Schuyler - historical archaeologist and anthropologist (BA
> >U of Arizona 1964, MA 1968 and PhD 1975 UC-Santa Barbara). I started
> >in Southwestern prehistory and Maya archaeology but in graduate
> >school shifted into historical archaeology after meeting James Deetz.
> >I joined the SHA, the SPMA, the SIA, and the Australian (now
> >Australasian) Society for Historical Archaeology when they were
> >founded and attended the second official SHA meeting (1969 in
> >Tucson). I am Past President of the SHA (1982) and past Executive
> >Officer of CNEHA and in 1999 received the J.C. Harrington Medal. I
> >have only missed four SHA meetings since 1968.
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> >I am interested in World historical archaeology (all periods) but
> >right now am working on the 19th-20th centuries in southern New
> >Jersey. I run a graduate program in our field at the University of
> >Pennsylvania, founded by John Cotter, which has produced about 40
> >PhDs in the field.
> >
> >I am a major advocate of historical archaeology as part of
> >anthropology [although recently I have observed that most of our
> >cultural anthropological colleagues are nuts] but also think we need
> >to be well grounded in other fields, especially History.
> >
> >Some pet peeves:
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> >(1) It is "Historical Archaeology" not "Historic" Archaeology,
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> >(2) Historical Archaeology is the archaeology of the Modern World
> >(ca. 1400 to the present C.E.). It is not the archaeology of all
> >history. Both in terms of culture history and cultural evolution this
> >last half millennium or 600 years is one of the most important stages
> >in human history.
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> >(3) To succeed Historical Archaeology must clearly and consistently
> >define itself. The field, however, faces two dangers. First, defining
> >itself out of existence by not being clear who we are, what we study,
> >and why our subject is important to general scholarship and to the
> >public. Second, it could also be badly damaged by internal
> >"balkinization", by trying to set off completely separate,
> >independent specializations inside the field. For example, there is
> >no "African American Archaeology", only "African American Historical
> >Archaeology."
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> >(4) Our field is the only specifically global archaeology and so we
> >must remain global in orientation and pay attention to our
> >international members but also equally support our student members
> >most of which are located here in North America.
> >
> >We have a great journal and newsletter and some of the best
> >conferences (just the right size) in general scholarship.
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> >that's enough.     Bob Schuyler