Dear List:
 
I inadvertently erased the message that used the above term for people who
cannot be reached via e-mail or internet.  So this is going out generally
rather than specifically, for which I beg the forgiveness of the other members
of HISTARCH.
 
Please remember that there is historical archaeology going on in places where
electricity is not readily available, let alone high-tech computer equipment
and internet access.  It is essential that we remember that Web access is a
luxury at least partly confined to the developed, rather than the developing
world, and there are even people in North America who can't afford it!  Or do
we want to leave these people out?
 
Having just returned from the World Archaeological Congress, this was brought
home to me when the Executive was debating the efficiency of distributing pre-
circulated papers via the Web.  A quiet voice from one of the members of an
African nation said, "Please, I have never seen the Web, and I don't know what
e-mail is".
 
Luddites?
 
KSmardz