Open AccessThe Buried Past: An Archaeological History of Philadelphia, by John L. Cotter, Daniel G. Roberts, and Michael Parrington. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. 1992
Author(s) -
James A. Delle
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
bulletin of the history of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2047-6930
pISSN - 1062-4740
DOI - 10.5334/bha.05105
Subject(s) - gray (unit) , excavation , history , state (computer science) , archaeology , lament , art history , classics , art , computer science , medicine , literature , radiology , algorithm
Having been involved in both contract and academic archaeology inrecent years, I have heard (and sympathized with) a pervasive lament. It seemsincreasingly common that even the best contract archaeology is rarely published, butcompiled into reports that disappear into state repositories and contract firm offices,never again to be thought of except (maybe) when it comes time to write the next report.There is an increasing body of both gray literature and gray excavation: work that isdone in compliance with state and federal laws but which never reaches an audience ofmore than a dozen or so readers. Given this discouraging trend, the compendious TheBuried Past is a welcomed synthesis of several generations of academic and CRMinvestigations into the historical archaeology of the Greater Philadelphiaregion