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Dear Colleagues,

Thanks to those of you who have so far responded to my request for information. While I've only heard from a few of you, the range of  responses has been eye opening, with some loving volumes that others of you decidedly do not (no names no pack drill). To clarify, I am not collecting this information for my own teaching purposes but rather to get idea of how the literature we produce is used to train students.

I'd like to collect as many responses as possible to get a somewhat "representative' sample, so if you have minute please send me your feedback.

Many thanks,

Christina


Christina M. Giovas, PhD
Research Associate
Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

Book Review Editor, Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology
Editor, The Current Newsletter
Research Archaeologist
Hamilton, ON


On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Christina M. Giovas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear Zooarchers,

I am doing some investigation into the text-based resources zooarchaeologists use to teach students, both undergraduate and graduate. For those of you who teach in a university setting, I am wondering whether you rely primarily on a comprehensive manual such as Reitz and Wing's Zooarchaeology, whether you rely to a greater extent on individual journal articles and book excerpts, or whether you employ some sort of hybrid of both approaches. What are your reasons for doing so and what do you feel are the relative merits of these sources from a teaching perspective? Has there ever been a singular resource that you've used as an "authority" or an exemplar of best practices in the classroom?

Please send your feedback off-list. I will synthesize comments and share the results with everyone.

Thanks for you help in this research,

Very best,

Christina

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Christina M. Giovas, PhD
Research Associate
Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

Book Review Editor, Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology
Editor, The Current Newsletter
Research Archaeologist
Hamilton, ON