Hello everyone,

I would like to thank you all again for providing such insightful
responses, as Dr. Cowie said, it is very much appreciated and will help
tremendously in the development of my paper.  For those of you who
recommended materials and contacts for me to follow up with, I will be
doing that soon but I am starting my Comprehensive Exams this weekend and
will be hiding for about a week and a half. Again, thank you to everyone
who participated in this discussion. Should anyone be interested in
obtaining a copy of my paper, feel free to contact me off-list!

Best,
Ashley Long
Graduate Student
Department of Anthropology
University of Nevada, Reno

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Sarah Cowie <
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> Thanks to everyone for their input, both on- and off-list. There are
> obviously debates surrounding all sides of this practice, and so these
> thoughtful responses are much appreciated.  There are numerous relevant
> variables and values surrounding best practices in scientific method,
> stakeholder input, legislation, and economic/pragmatic considerations.
> This discussion has been very helpful in framing some of the differences,
> and it's clear there won't be a one-size-fits-all solution.  Thanks again
> for a fruitful discussion.
>
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>       On Friday, November 7, 2014 6:38 AM, Bill Green <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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>  In 1979 Bill Butler published a review of what was then referred to as the
> "no-collection" strategy for survey (nobody could conceive of such a
> strategy being employed in excavation) in *American Antiquity*
> (44:795-799). He considered "no-collection" in regard to site integrity,
> artifact analysis, pothunting, the irreplaceability of resources, and
> curation. He concluded the strategy was indefensible. It would be
> interesting to know how proponents of "catch-and-release" respond to these
> arguments and if new rationales have been developed. (Certainly curation
> issues are more acute now than they were 35 years ago.)
>
> Bill Green
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