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another minor ethical dilemna; i sometimes look at archaeology as being a
means for providing concrete evidence of "facts" that might otherwise
disappear down the "memory hole"

Archaeology provides "...concrete evidence of facts...?

Since when?

This is an interesting statement to ponder.

Based upon what I've learned in arch classes, what winds up being deposited
or preserved in the archaeologcial records, whether it be what folks decide
to selelctively discard or what the depositional environment allows to be
preserved, could hardly be considered as "...providing concrete evidence of
fact..."

Perhaps I read the statement to literally.

Carl Barna
Lakewood, CO
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