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Dan Mouer <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 27 Nov 2000 13:56:33 -0500
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Praetzellis wrote:
>
> Concerning Jim Deetz.
>
> He gave you all his attention, regardless of how important or unimportant
> you thought you were.
> He just about singlehandedly saved historical archaeology from the number
> crunchers and artifact wigglers.
> He would rather be wrong and thought-provoking than right and prosaic.
> He was loved by his students, many of whom became his friends.
> He gently showed by example that historical archaeology is all about
> people.

Amen, Adrian, and thanks for syaing it so well.

D.
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Dan Mouer
http://saturn.vcu.edu/~dmouer/homepage.htm

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