I agree that a certain amount of time and energy
should be applied to presenting ZA to
non-archaeologists. I do not think animals in the
past are uninteresting to kids. Remember, much of
what ZA deals with is LIVING animals. Kids love the
ideas of riding wild horses, camels or mastodons,
people going on hunts, the ancient Egyptians and their
pets andpeople eating dogs, etc. ZA can inform, set
right, and entertain them on these and other points.
--KIM
--- Mattias Niord <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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<P><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif">We should
certainly continue to attend conferenses and also have
a day to day communication with "general"
archaeologists. But we should take care to present our
issues in a way that is of interest to everyone, and
keep, for example, metodological matters to
ourselves, as Terry said. That is, unless the subject
could be of more general interest.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond>But I also think that we
should try to reach out, not only to fellow
archaeologists but also to the general public. Since
I´m temporaly working as a schoolteacher, I
try to give them a picture, not only of archaeology in
general, but also of zooarchaeology. It´s clear
that dead humans are more interesting to people than
dead animals, so I think there is work to be done, at
least in my own country.
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