I am now in the midst of directing my 12th consecutive archaeology field school. I thought I had just about seen it all, but.....well today.....in the...
Oh, dear.......... (Couldn't resist.) Pam ________________________________ From: Bob Muckle <bmuckle@...> To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, June...
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anthropmor@...
Jun 2, 2010 3:42 am
I held out my hand to allow him to show m what he had discovered. He dropped what he thought was an artifact into my hand. It was deer poop. He really thought...
interesting Los Angeles Times article last Sunday for the archaeologists out there... __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus...
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So in fact, Bob, you didn't not poo-poo the budding archaeologist's discovery--that was already done by the deer....(the original "maker" of the "artifact") ...
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dianne.chidester@...
Jun 2, 2010 3:12 pm
Some interesting ideas regarding technology in the classroom. - Dianne http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/02/nisod This electronic mail message is for...
Something has been bothering me big-time. And it has been going on for almost five weeks. I can't seem to get it out of my head. I'm hoping by writing this bit...
excellent article...SACC has had this discussion before, and at my college the faculty tech center seems to be a little too enthusiastic at times in pushing...
Wow - it sounds like this article would be a really good example of ethnocentrism - I might use it in the classroom! Nicole Ives Prince George's Community...
Thanks for this, Dianne. Someone should send this to Michael Wesch. My IT guy is at the conference. Yesterday, he posted an update to his FB page stating...
Never read Sahlin's article about the "Affluent" h/g's, huh? ________________________________ From: Bob Muckle <bmuckle@...> To: SACC-L@...;...
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Jun 2, 2010 4:04 pm
Re: Bob's rant. Wow! I've been such a fan of "Skeptical Inquirer" for years and am really disappointed that Shermer would compare foragers today to people of...
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dianne.chidester@...
Jun 2, 2010 4:07 pm
One of the things I always wonder about is just how much money goes into the technology which is nearly obsolete by the time it gets installed in our...
Let me chime in here. If the technology either (a) helps students learn better; of (b) helps us know better whether students are learning, then it is good. If...
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Lewine, Mark
mark.lewine@...
Jun 2, 2010 4:34 pm
Yes, thanks for the idea! From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nikki Ives Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 11:57 AM To:...
I don't mean to offer this flippantly. I too have read The Skeptical Inquirer, and have appreciated the work that it reflects on so many issues. Could it be,...
Bob, Interesting parallel, by the way, with the experience of having to tell a budding archaeologist that he just put 'poop' in your hand rather than a...
I once heard an old Irish labor song that had a refrain something like: "When you go in to the factory, are you the worker or the tool?" "Liberal" education is...
Hello All, I received a call for chapter proposals from the Society for Economic Anthropology's email-list. I think this might be something many of us in the...
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Jun 3, 2010 3:36 am
Anj- let me expand here on your last thought - most of my classes are fire marshall limited at 35. I have a lot of students who need attention - whohave had...
It means a lot in big classes, too. I can tell the difference in the students who came for help and those who didn't --- or waited until too late. ... -- ...
Marshall Sahlins's affluent forager, AND Marvin Harris's section in his 1970s-80s text re our illusions about having more free time than foragers. Harris...
I will now wait with curiosity to see how coprolite morphology and complexity might work their way into the ID scenario! Brian ... From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com...
After every disaster, there is usually a lag time of a week or so before we start seeing the impact on archaeological resources. I understand the lag time, and...
Perfect! We may be on our way to preempting the next evolutionary step within the ID genepool. But really, the divine complexity of shark coprolites is a...
http://www.merip.org/mer/mer255/davis.html This article reflects issues discussed at AAA. fyi ann Rochelle Davis is assistant professor of anthropology in the...
this is really nothing new--cultural knowledge has been used to fight the enemy since WW2 when the government started hiring anthropologists to accomplish such...
