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Subject:	Re: Archaeology and Relic Hunting in Virginia
From:	qvarizona <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:44:23 -0700
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Thanks Martha, for sending that link. Some excellent points made by the archaeologists and serious historians  who are upset at the relic-hunt by "history buffs."  I particularly liked the analogy comparing those who dig and take relics to someone who,  ". . . reads books, tears out the pages, and burns them."  (Sorry, not an entirely accurate quote by me.)  It's a problem all over the country, not just Virginia.  Here in Arizona, it's become common to see petroglyphs completely removed from state and national forests by "history buffs."

  Joanne

Martha Katz-Hyman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  In Sunday's Washington Post--"Unearthed War Relics See Battle Again:
Archaeologists Decry History Buffs' Digs"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/15/AR2006041501187.html?nav=hcmodule





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