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Date: | Sat, 22 Apr 1995 18:46:16 EDT |
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Unfortunately, Larry, they did *not* hire a historical archaeologist
at the University of South Carolina. They hired Joanna Casey, an
archaeologist who studies prehistoric Africa. I know many historical
archaeologists applied, but even out of the final four candidates,
only one was a historical archaeologist. The impression I got was
that the search committee believed one historical archaeologist
already in the department was enough.
I'm sure Casey is a fine archaeologist, but I was disappointed; I
wanted a historical archaeologist. It made sense to me: I mean,
how many students want to come to South Carolina to study prehistoric
Africa? There are so many historic projects in South Carolina, and
so many opportunities, it seems to me they needed another historical
archaeologist. It doesn't directly affect me, as I'll be leaving
soon when my thesis is done, but I still did not agree with their
decision. It says to me that historical archaeology, at least in
academia, is not important or worth supporting.
Kerry ([log in to unmask])
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