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Re: Chemistry in Archaeology

Subject: Re: Chemistry in Archaeology
From: Philip Deitiker
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 09:15:08 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.archaeology
In sci.archaeology message  news:dnlkdo0s7o@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx by 
"Tedd Jacobs" <Jacobs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  . . . :

> 
> "Philip Deitiker" wrote...
>> In sci.archaeology message  news:dnle900ss5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx by
>> "Tedd Jacobs" <Jacobs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  . . . :
>>
>>> i would take it a set farther- bernard never said he was a
>>> professional, only that he worked in the chemestry "profession".
>>
>> Senior scientist = non-acedemic position, probably in industry.
>> Not everyone is crazy enough to be an acedemic scientist, still
>> others are too crazy. You know what the difference between an
>> acedemic chemist and industrial chemist is? About $70,000/year.
>>
>> BTW, as an archaeology student in Idaho, do they make you
>> dig for your own potatoes (as practice of course)? :^).
> 
> no, but they do teach us how to make our own vodka. 
> 
That's chemistry. Vodka made from potatoes is called Sho[w]chu. 
Used to be made from Taro root in Japan.  

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