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    1. RE: [INPCRP] Archeologists and cemetery preservation
    2. Sharon Howell
    3. My daughter was an archaeology major at IUPUI for three years before changing her major to art. This was about four years ago. There is an opportunity for us to educate the next generation of archaeologists, if we only knew how to go about it. I asked her: When you were taking archaeology classes, did they ever talk about finding old cemeteries, or how to figure out how big a cemetery was, or anything about cemeteries? Did they talk about Native American burial site? What about early pioneer sites? She answered: Not much. With the classes I took, NA burial sites were talked about more than pioneer sites and the like but I don't remember anything about how to find them. Except that they're usually hills or earthworks. I do remember that there were info packets about pioneer cemeteries who wanted a student to do research there for their practicum. Sharon Howell

    02/17/2002 11:32:00