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posted by [identity profile] forthright.livejournal.com at 02:08pm on 10/09/2004
This Ewen fellow sounds very sensible. If you can get him on your advisory committee, you should do it.

If you're staying at the Master's level, it's probably too ambitious to try to do a project with an excavation component, although a survey project is probably feasible. On the other hand, if all the sites are too distant, something analytical in terms of identifying pirate sites would be a good stepping stone in order to actually put that into practice for a Ph.D.

Then again, you probably knew all that already. ^-^
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 02:18pm on 10/09/2004
I did indeed. He seemed more than willing to sit on a comittee for me, and to chair it if it turns out that he is the best to do it. I'm still considering my options there. I need to talk to my theory prof now (Babits) about some of this. I'll probably do that on Tuesday. I don't know if it will result in a separate post or if I will just make an addendum to this one, but if you like I can let you know ;)

So, if I do this, will you consider me more than just a historian, or what? ;p
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posted by [identity profile] forthright.livejournal.com at 02:20pm on 10/09/2004
Yes, either of those projects will make you a historical archaeologist, fair and true. Arr! ;P

P.S. Something along the lines of an analytical theory for identifying piratical material in sites will be just the kind of theory that a positivistically-minded arch theorist will be keen on.
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 02:32pm on 10/09/2004
I have notice a trend, which I am sure someone has formalized somewhere or other, that even the most esoteric flaky post-modern/post-structralist/whatever archaeology needs to have a good grounding in more solid, basic science before it really has a chance to play. It's still at heart a scientific, quantitative discipline. At this stage of the game, for me at least, there isn't enough ground work laid to start looking at the really interesting issues/questions (like identity) archaeologically in a more than superficial way. See my Sheffield Dissertation ;)

It *will* be a good basis for going further at the PhD level. That's the point. I just hope it works :)
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