http://saa.org/Portals/0/SAA/GovernmentAffairs/Nazi%20War%20Diggers-V5.pdf

The SAA Government Affairs page has a copy of a letter sent to National Geographic regarding the Nazi Diggers show on 31 March 2014. The European Association of Archaeologists is shown as a cosigner of the letter.

The NPS April 2014 Archeology E-Gram sent today mentions that ,
"The Society for American Archaeology has formed a task force on Metal Detecting of Archaeological Sites in Reality TV. The task force is chaired by Giovanna Peebles, State Archeologist of Vermont (and former SHPO). The task force was formed in late 2013 and will report to the SAA board this Spring. Peebles has been in touch with National Geographic, but the work of the task force extends well beyond the Diggers program. The task force has reached out to metal detector groups, professional archeologists, government regulators, and the general public."

Another meeting with National Geographic? Apparently this outreach needs to go global, given the egregious Nazi Diggers. The issue keeps growing. NatGeo has shown television can make a buck (or euro) with these idiotic shows.


-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of geoff carver
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 3:45 PM
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Subject: Re: NatGeo cancels broadcast plans

I also contacted the German war graves people, the Russian and Latvian embassies here in Germany: no response.
The EAA secretary said she'd pass on the message.
In the meantime... Americans seem to have got this thing off the air.

-----Original Message-----

>>> National Geographic Channel said Monday that it would "indefinitely"
>>> pull a
>> planned television series on unearthing Nazi war graves after days of
>> blistering criticism from archeologists and others who said the show
>> handled the dead with macabre disrespect.
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