Christos writes:
I am not sure that I understand correctly everything that you've wrote.
If the above means that academic curriculum varies from country to
country, that's certainly true.
Gerry: It also means that academic curriculums in the US differs from
institution to institution. Some places incorporate archaeology into
anthropology which helps prevent it from becoming totally zombie-like
while other institutions allow archaeology it's own department, usually
filled with hard core zombies.
Christos: If then your point is that anthropology should be considered
as a
prerequisite for archeology (in USA?), would my opinion matters the
least? Surely, hundreds of other people are more competent than me,
people who also know what kind of archaeology, anthropology,
paleoanthropology, ethnology, etc. you may referring to.
But if your point is that evolution of our species as such is an
indispensable part of archaeology, allow me to believe that not many
of our friends-listmembers would conform with this view.
Gerry: Yes, I think biology is a very important aspect of archaeology.
But this biology must also include the social/cultural aspects of the
societies or groups studied.
Christos: If something else, that eludes me.
Gerry: Thanks for the post.
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