[meteorite-list] It is a sad day.....

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:53:09 +0100
Message-ID: <00c701cabfdb$4d724d40$07b22959_at_name86d88d87e2>

Yes,

there a few exceptions. But what is with the rest of the 40,000 entries in
the Bulletin?

How could state a state like USA a meteorite per se being an archaeological
object or a cultural heritage on the one hand,
but on the other hand harvest meteorites in Antarctica.

In Antarctica never any humans settled.
So they can't be cultural or archaeological objects.

But a meteorite is a meteorite is a meteorite.



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Dear Martin,

absolutely nothing?

- a meteorite such as Winona, with the fragments ritually burried in a
stone-cist by the Sinagua Indians - is a research-object of Archaeology;
- a nameless iron meteorite, transformed to a dagger and burried together
with the treasures of Tut Ach Amun - is a research-object of Archaeology;
- pieces of Cape York, Toluca, Gibeon, transformed to iron tools - are of
course parts of human history;
- the black stone of the Kaaba, subject of religous adoration, is a highly
important cultutral object (if it's really a meteorite);
- the Mesa Verde meteorite, wrapped in feathers when found in a prehistoric
ruin - is a research-object of Archaeology indeed ...

... as you surely know ;-)

Matthias


----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Altmann" <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It is a sad day.....


(...)
Archaeology is the science dealing with ancient times and human history.
This kind of science has absolutely nothing to do with meteorites, neither
are meteorites research objects of that science. (...)
Received on Tue 09 Mar 2010 05:53:09 PM PST