[meteorite-list] Thank You - Was A fun Libyan Desert Glass Debate

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Jun 12 13:33:40 2004
Message-ID: <40CB2D51.5040502_at_fascination.com>

Dear Keith, LIST,

So, archaeology ~smarkeology, lets get back to meteorite topics and
stave this trouble making duck of what's seemingly become a personal
agenda.

Let the archaeology duck seek somewhere else to squawk and discharge
waste product.

Sincerely,
Dave F.

kaolinite_at_ctc.net wrote:

>dean bessey wrote:
>
>>FIRST YOU MISQUOTE AND PUT WORDS INTO
>>AN ARCHAELOGISTS MOUTH THAT HE NEVER
>>SAID. AND NOW YOU ARE EVEN
>>MISQUOTING YOURSELF. NOW YOU SAY:
>>
>
>I am not misquoting the archaeologist, as far as
>the potential illegal and unethical nature of
>trading and owning artifacts composed of Libyan,
>which is what was being discussed. What the
>archaeologist stated in a post made by a
>professional archaeologist to the "Archaeology
>List". The full post can found at:
>
>http://listserv.tamu.edu/cgi/wa?A2=ind0406&L=arch-l&F=&S=&P=4205
>
>If anyone is putting completely false words into s
>person's mouth, it is Mr. Dean. When I talked about
>flakes below, I ***wasn't** talking about natural pieces
>of Libyan Desert Glass when I wrote:
>
>>Despite what you have stated, he and
>>other professional archaeologists have
>>made it very clear, contrary to you
>>have claimed, me that even picking
>>an LDG flake up off the shifting sandy
>>desert floor and transporting it /
>>exporting it without permission
>>
>>from either Egypt or Libya is unethical
>
>>and illegal behavior. It doesn't matter
>>if this Egyptian or Libyan"
>>
>
>When I was using the term "flake" I was using the term
>in its archaeological definition. In this definition,
>a flake is a man-made artifact. In that case, I was
>talking about artifacts, not natural pieces of LDG. I
>apologize if that terminology wasn't clear. However, if
>had bothered to look at the context of the discussion,
>instead of flying off the handle, you would have seen
>that I consistently referred to **artifacts** composed of
>Libyan Desert Glass in the discussion as being potential
>illegal to trade in.
>
>Dean wrote:
>
>>SO NOW YOU 100% CONLICT WITH WHAT YOU
>>SAID TWO DAYSAGO. MAYBE YOU HAVE JUST
>>NOW CHANGED YOUR MIND?
>>
>
>I didn't change my mind, it is just that their
>some confusion of the definition of "flake"/
>If Dean would bother to read the various posts
>it is quite clear that only artifacts composed
>of Libyan Desert Glass is being discussed.
>
>Only time will tell whether people need to be
>careful about trading in artifacts composed
>of Libyan Desert Glass.
>
>Yours,
>
>Keith
>Louisiana
>
>
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