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Dear All, Has the story presented in the link below got anything to do with archaeology? < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/6425675.stm > I am not sure, but I have a dream that one day a team of archaeologists will decide to dig in the Chagos islands in order to shed light on the past of the people who lived there and were eventually so ruthlessly evicted. The least we could do as a very partial compensation for their suffering is to show an interest in their heritage and culture. Of course funding will be difficult to get and access even more so. I wonder, however, whether those same archaeologists who have been digging in Iraq, Kosovo or Bosnia in the names of human rights - all places were funding tends to be lavishly available - will show an equal ethical interest in working in regions where there will be strong political interest to prevent research of any sort. Cheers, Umberto -- Umberto Albarella Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield Northgate House West Street Sheffield S1 4ET United Kingdom Telephone: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 22 943 Fax: (+) 44 (0) 114 27 22 563 http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/albarella.html For Archaeologists for Global Justice (AGJ) see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/global-justice.html "There is no way to peace. Peace IS the way".