Robert

This deification of scholars (giving of awards and medals etc) is very
unBritish but Adrian Oswald
as the mentor of Noel Hume (before he left these shores) in London
archaeology and creator of clay pipe studies is a good candidate perhaps
rather than the slightly younger though no less brilliant group group who
founded SPMA. (John Hurst, Ken Barton, Lawrence Butler, Robert Charleston,
John Ashdown, Peter Brears, David Crossley and others ). I heard Adian
Oswald give a paper on clay pipes to a local archaeology society when I was
about 13 (c.1968) and met many of the rest when I went to my first SPMA
conference in about 1972 in York as a 17 year old. I even remember going
drinking (illegally even for here) with Karlis Karklins and another young
arcaheologist over from Canada (who I would love to identify- Karlis). I
must be getting old reminiscing like this. However, I have 4 reports to
write by the end of the month or my life will be terminated.

paul courtney


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert L. Schuyler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 12:46 AM
Subject: Patron Saints


> There are no patron saints.
>
>                           A Protestant
>
>
> P.S. If archaeology needs a real Patron Saint it would have to
>         be either:
>                         Lewis R. Binford
>                                 or
>                         Sir Mortimer Wheeler
>
> For intellectual contributions I am not sure, but on personality
> it is Sir Mortimer all the way.
>
> If this discussion is to continue (since the Taliban have blown up
> the statues) we need to get it back on line - Patron Saints for
> HISTORICAL Archaeology.
>
>         General Patron Saint  -  J.C. Harrington
>
>         Canada                -  Kenneth Kidd
>
>         Europe                    -  [one of the founders of the
>                                         SPMA - but which one??]
>
>         Oceania           -  Judy Birmingham
>
>         Africa                    -  Merrick Posnansky
>
>         Latin America             -  Jose Maria Cruxent  or
>                                      Kathy Deagan        or
>                                      Florence Lister
>
>         Scientific Historical
>           Archaeology              - Stanley South
>
>         Humanistic Historical
>           Archaeology              - Ivor Noel Hume          or
>                                      James Deetz
>
>         Southeast                  - Charles Fairbanks
>
>         Middle Atlantic    - too crowded
>
>
>         New England                - James Deetz
>
>         American West              - Art Woodward
>
>         Arctic                     - James Van Stone
>
>         Industrial Archaeology  - Kenneth Hudson
>
>         Underwater Archaeology  - [that's a hard one; not George Bass,
>                                         he is the PS for general
Underwater
>                                         Archaeology - not post AD 1400]
>
>         Education                   - John L. Cotter
>
>
>         Artifacts                   - Ivor Noel Hume
>
>         Specific categories:
>
>                 Nails               - Bunny Fontana
>                 Pipes             - Ian Walker
>                 Ceramics            - George Miller
>               Beads             - [as a member of the Bead Forum I
>                                           stay away from this one]
>
>                 etc. etc. etc.
>
> Of course this is my own personal list but who do you think picks
> the Saints of the Catholic Church - I do not think it is God. I also
> know that some of my selections are not dead [such a new field] but
> they are not on HISTARCH so we can talk about them as candidates.
>
> Who is the founder of Post-Medieval Archaeology in Europe? One
> person?
>
>                                         Bob Schuyler
>
>
>
> Robert L. Schuyler
> University of Pennsylvania Museum
> 33rd & Spruce Streets
> Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324
>
> Tel: (215) 898-6965
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