[Aztlan] Race and ethnicity in the past

[D. M. Urquidi]

Nick Hopkins, et al

The quote below is the best reference that anyone studying different cultures should make use of. Thinking 'outside the box' is a darned good way to understand the underpinning of a society, even though something does not seem to be relevant at the time. Along the way, usually, there will be another connection, but still not making much sense, but somewhere there is the "Why did I not think of that?" conclusion that must be reached in the final assessment.

Dea

**********The best models of prehistory result from the
integration of data from all fields, including physical anthropology,
comparative ethnology, ethnohistory, epigraphy, linguistics, and
archaeology – as well as fields outside of anthropology.  These
different lines of evidence are not in competition with each other to
see which one can establish the truth, they are complementary to each
other, and each reflects the same underlying social processes in its
own way.  Each reveals aspects of the truth that are difficult to
come by from other kinds of data.  Maybe none of us is capable of
fully understanding all the contributons of all of these fields, but
surely it is incumbent on us to try.*************

D. M. Urquidi  P. O. Box 49485  Austin, Texas 78765  http://www.mayalords.org    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ancientamericas/


--- On Tue, 1/13/09, Nick Hopkins <nhopkins at mailer.fsu.edu> wrote: