Who is a "real archaeologist"? My post for the 2012 Day of Archaeology

archaeology:

“Seventy percent of all archaeology is done in the library. Research. Reading.”

Which eminent scholar confidently states that statistic? Certainly someone from the last half-century, right? Perhaps an archaeologist who is concerned with the inherently destructive nature of our field.

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Source: archaeology
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