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Larry Mckee <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 11 May 1995 10:19:44 -0400
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     I'm not sure organizing and getting reports on to CD-ROM and
distributing the product would be worth the effort.  It seems to me that
truly useful and interesting work ultimately makes its way into the hands of r
esearchers no matter how pale gray its publication source, and the less
useful reports (generated by contract work and "purer" research efforts
alike) deserve the obscure shelves they come to rest on.  This stuff
circulates informally,  through word of mouth or meeting presentations where
either an author or other scholar presents the essence of the findings in a
more accessible form, or more formally in journal articles bringing out the
most critical elements of the work.  I could list ten or so gray-lit site
reports that I've heard about second hand that I've gone on to track down in
the original, including Bill Adams' Kings Bay report, Richard Polhemus's
Tellico Blockhouse site report, Sam Smith's Fort Southwest Point report, Dave
Babson's Wessyngton plantation report, and, perhaps the best such report
(actually a set) I've come across, Moir and Jurney's multiple volumes on the
Richland/Chambers reservoir project in Texas (collected by SMU as the
Richland Creek Technical Series).  For each one of these, I've got five to
ten more that I've flipped through once or twice but have now got on the
bottom shelf or  in boxes in the attic.
     I guess my point is if it's worth knowing about, word will spread.
 
                               Best,
                                    Larry McKee

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