I believe that George would have been applying to the History Dept's
program in Historical Archaeology as of 1978, and this explains the history
emphasis. The anthro. MA didn't begin until 1979 and, as Linda stated,
there wasn't a lot of coordination or cooperation between history and
anthro. at this time. The situation at W&M is an interesting case study in
the development of graduate education  in HA.

Best,
Don Linebaugh
W&M MA grad. (2nd year)




At 06:22 PM 5/15/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>George Myers wrote on  Monday, May 15, 2000 8:28 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Teaching Historical Archaeology?
> >
> >
> > 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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