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George Myers wrote on Monday, May 15, 2000 8:28 AM
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> Subject: Re: Teaching Historical Archaeology?
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> I agree. What I did because I was asked to by William and Mary,
> was to take
> the Advanced History section of the GRE to apply there.
George, I'm really surprised that William and Mary even did this. I was in
the first graduate(M.A.) class in Historical Archaeology offered by the
Anthropology Department at William and Mary. And they didn't even require
us to take a history class (not even one mind you) despite the excellent
history department that was living just across the campus from them. In
fact.....I had to give up a conservation lab course to even fit an elective
history class into my schedule. The Truth, so help me god. So.....I've
always felt that I gained my bit of training in history IN SPITE of my
Anthropology professors!!!!! Surely things have improved in that bastion
of American historical archaeology (I hope anyway), but I think that most
American archaeologists probably have had to get their history "in spite" of
their anthropology programs. I say this because, more than once, I have
found myself in professional associations, arguing against a majority that
thinks "professional" archaeologists can only come from Anthropology
departments.
Linda Derry ( [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> )
Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
Alabama Historical Commission
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