Carolyn Rose

In college, Rose was an intern at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. As a graduate student at Washington's George Washington University, Rose created her own field of study by mixing ideas from archaeology, art history, conservation science, chemistry, anthropology and museum studies, and went on to show the Smithsonian how to properly take care of archaeological treasures. Before Rose, museums which displayed archaeological objects cleaned them like art. That's not how they were used, Rose argued, in the real world. Besides: dust often gives important clues about the object. Pollen, for instance, might indicate what sort of vegetation grew in the area, or help determine the function of the object. She also insisted that conservation technicians wear gloves to keep from contaminating objects with modern chemicals. Rose ended up as the chair of the Institution's anthropology department, and taught anthropological conservation at George Washington University, which the University made a study area based on Rose's own program of study. She died August 29 from cancer at age 53. From This is True for 1 September 2002 Suggestions for further reading: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan Amazon Price: $9.12 Customer Review: For me, there is no greater praise for a book. I'm 3/4 through the book now, and already, it has challenged my views on food, farming, markets, and the US. And I kinda want to be a "grass farmer."   Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World H... by Christopher McDougall Amazon Price: $14.58 Customer Review: Interesting, to me anyway, that I sit here feeling pain in my left sole, because this book is about many things, and one of them is the source of foot pain. This book is also about running, particularly long distance running, and about how man evolv...   Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick Amazon Price: $17.16 Customer Review: Barbara Demick's reporting on "The Hermit Kingdom" has as its focus, the lives of six defectors from North Korea. She never makes it clear how she happened to locate these six individuals, a question I would like to know the answer to.   The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman Amazon Price: $10.20 Customer Review: Book was for class and not entertainment - with that said - the item arrived as described.   Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Amazon Price: $16.47 Customer Review: Do NOT get the Kindle version of this book. Get the "dead tree" version. There are numerous illustrations that do not come through properly on the ebook. Some of the tables that do come through are almost unreadable. I was shocked when I saw a paper ...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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