Mike Polk raises an important point when he asks whether there are sites
that are not worth excavating and points out that CRM archaeologists deal
with this question all the time. I'd like to hear some opinions concerning
the treatment of late 19th early 20th c. homesteads.  Most federal land
managers (especially the national Forests) have tens of thousands of these
to deal with. How much consideration should they be given? How much info
are they likely to yield? I, too can think of many research questions that
could be framed around particular homesites, but what about the other 10,000?
 
Charles R Ewen Associate Professor
East Carolina University
Anthropology
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