[Bonetools] University of Pennsylvania Museum ResearchersPetition

[Douglas Campana]

Dear Kate,

I am so sorry to hear this. Doug and I have signed the petition, and I wrote 
a separate letter to the university president with a copy to Richard Hodges. 
I feel particularly bad about this since I built the original skeletal 
collection at MASCA when I was there in the early 1980s. MASCA has trained a 
wide range of scholars in archaeozoology, beginning with people like Hitomi 
Hongo and Gil Stein. You also trained my son who is now a PhD candidate in 
archaeogenetics at Cambridge.

Pam Crabtree
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katherine M. Moore" <kmmoore at sas.upenn.edu>
To: "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study 
ofobjectand waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn." 
<bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Bonetools] University of Pennsylvania Museum 
ResearchersPetition


Dear Bone tool, ICAZ friends,
I want to clarify the message that Omur Harmansah
sent about the situation at the University of
Pennsylvania Museum. One of the outcomes of this
action will be the closing of the zooarchaeology
laboratory at MASCA. At present, there weren't
even any funded positions at MASCA (I supervise
research in this laboratory as a volunteer). But,
our ability to do zooarchaeological research of
any kind, to train students, and to offer
collegial support to others may disappear. I
would indeed appreciate your support in
documenting how much you hope this will not happen.
Thanks to all,

Katherine Moore
MASCA
University of Pennyslvania Museum

At 05:13 AM 1/13/2009, you wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I know this is not about bone tools, but still...
>
>Jean-Marc
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Dear colleagues,
>
>You may have heard that on 19 November 2008 University of Pennsylvania
>Museum's 18 Research Specialists in Archaeology have been fired from their
>positions while their associated laboratories and centers such as MASCA
>(Museum Applied Sciences Center for Archaeology) have been shut down. 
>Senior
>researchers such as Patrick McGovern, David G. Romano, Simon Martin, 
>Barbara
>J. Hayden, Philip G. Chase, and Naomi Miller are among the fired.
>
>There is now an online petition requesting the Museum and University
>administrators to reconsider their decision.
>I would like to encourage all to sign and support the cause, and 
>distribute
>as widely as possible in the archaeological community.
>
>http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Penn2009/petition.html
>
>Nota bene: When signing the petition, please enter your affiliation in the
>box labeled "optional" (It is not clearly labeled as "affiliation").
>
>Let us stand for the future of archaeological research in academia!
>
>Many thanks, and best wishes
>Ömür
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Ömür Harmansah
>Assistant Professor of Archaeology
>and Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies
>Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
>Brown University Box 1837
>70 Waterman Street, Providence RI 02912
>Tel: 401-863-6411 E-mail: Omur_Harmansah at brown.edu
>http://proteus.brown.edu/harmansah/Home
>
>
>
>
>--
>Jean-Marc Pétillon
>CNRS
>Laboratoire TRACES (UMR 5608)
>Université Toulouse le Mirail
>Maison de la recherche
>5 allées A. Machado
>F-31058 Toulouse
>
>+ 33 (0) 5 61 50 24 53
>+ 33 (0) 6 31 07 47 62
>
>
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