Excuse me Dan,
 
But don't forget that some of us so called 'insufferable Brits', are also
members of this list, although we more often refer to the subject as
Post-Medieval rather than Historical Archaeology.
 
I am sure many of the British team found the methods employed by the
Americans to be just as infuriating as you found their machines, but
remember a significant number of us Brits are taught to think that the
post-Medieval and later periods are not of such importance as prehistory,
the Romans, The Saxons or even the Medieval period.  Anything later than
this is still largely considered to be the realm of historians.
 
Best wishes,
 
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