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Archaeology Magazine's Spring Issue
My favourite stories in Archaeology Magazine's spring issue:J.T. Milanich on the practicalities, and the unforeseen hassle, of re-burying a collection of Native American skeletons he excavated in the 1980s before his recent retirement. E.A. Powell on some fake "Atlantean" ruins...
Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
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Category: Archaeology
Posted on: February 16, 2009 8:20 AM, by Martin R
My favourite stories in Archaeology Magazine's spring issue:
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Comments
Thanks for the heads up on the Milanich article. I will definitely pick up a copy of Archaeology and read further. My own great-grandmother was a Florida Seminole and I agree we should be more respectful of remains that are excavated. Some anthropologists have decried the loss of these bones to reburial, but if they've had 20 years to study them what more can possibly be learned?
- Suzanne, the Farmer's Wife
Posted by: Suzanne, the Farmer's Wife | February 23, 2009 5:40 PM
Well, we've been able to look at the moon ever since the first human, and we're still learning new stuff about it. New methods of analysis become available all the time. Reburial is a sad waste of future scientific opportunity IMHO. But it's an interesting article.
Posted by: Martin R | February 24, 2009 1:21 AM