Well Ned:

I find myself agreeing with what you are saying both this morning and yesterday while I was out in the field. And your reiteration of the fact that you said "not taught in anthropology classrooms" does make a difference. But then so little of what we actually do as archeologists was ever taught in anthropology classrooms.

I sometimes tend to suffer from an over-reaction in relation to the importance put on the artifact and little regard paid to human behavior, possibly as a result of working in Texas, where for so many years "airyheads" were what was important, what was studied and what drove the digging of sites. We're getting better down here, at least we're trying but it has not been easy putting the anthropology in antiquarian Texas Archeology. I have watched as many have tried and only a few succeeded.

I am a specialist myself, but I never do my analysis, or write my report without linking my results to human behavior. Industrial sites did not create themselves and did not operate without human intervention.

Well- back to work for me. Thanks for letting me vent.

Diane Dismukes