It could be said that we are paragons of virtue and modesty here at assemblage (most of the time!) but somehow we couldn't resist the urge to post some of our favourite reader's comments that have been flowing in over the last year -- sometimes critical, sometimes complimentary, all of them welcome! Despite a low budget, we try to keep on top of ideas to make assemblage more accessible, quicker to load, interactive and fun and are always happy to hear your suggestions.
If you have ANYTHING to say to us, then you know who to call -- we promise we'll write back! Go on, click here now and drop us a line telling us what you think. Here are just a few of the comments we've had so far from our readers.
Wot a cracker -- just spent a happy hour surfing through the site -- great fun *and* thought-provoking articles. Bob Trubshaw.
Congratulations to you all for a highly readable first issue of assemblage -- and best wishes for the future! Andrew Fleming.
Thanks for assemblage and especially for the obvious sense of humor and fun. What a treat! Mary and TJ Ross.
Congratulations -- a most impressive effort -- I will look forward to further editions. Gregory A. Johnson, Hunter College CUNY Department of Anthropology.
Having received Email about your new WWW presentation (assemblage), I made the link and visited. You have invested considerable work in this excellent Web site. I enjoyed visiting and will again soon...I was so struck by the considerable efforts you have made in putting up assemblage ... Wayne Neighbors.
Bravo! I really, really like your web-stuff! I don't get all the British-isms sprinkled throughout; and (perhaps worst of all) I still think processualism isn't all that bad... Good, and refreshing. Keep it up. John Kilmarx.
Just a note to say that your obvious hard work shows well. Nice blend -- dare I say assemblage -- of traditional and forward-reaching studies befitting your targeted group. I would only suggest the addition of capability for interaction with your contributors, to fully utilise the 'live' nature of the media. Daniel M. Crowl, Geophysical Systems.
Congratulations! I've just spent 45 minutes skimming through assemblage when I had intended to only spend 5. I'm writing to say well done on a really impressive first issue. It looks good, has lots of useful information and interesting features. I've just forwarded your e-mail announcement to several other people who will be interested, and have tried to encourage some post-grads to get writing. Hope you will keep this up. When's the deadline for the next issue?! Dr Roberta Gilchrist, The University of Reading.
I just want to congratulate you and your fellow editors with the launching of the new e-journal assemblage. It's excellent, and I am most impressed with the speed with which your team was able to get the show on the road. It was not that long ago that you were making inquiry about e-publishing, and you have now launched a very impressive project. I particularly enjoyed your thoughts on e-publishing and archaeology. Great work indeed, and I wish you all success. Dr Leslie Chan, University of Toronto.
Congratulations. Most impressive. Dr Alan Vince, Editor, Internet Archaeology.
I must say that I really enjoyed reading through assemblage, and was very impressed by the amount of work that has obviously gone into it. I'm going to be recommending your site to my students. Scott MacEachern, Bowdoin College.
Assemblage, I am very impressed by the huge size and impressive computer editing/layout of the journal., It looks very professional!....well done everything! Cornelius Holtorf, University of Wales, Lampeter.
assemblage is the Featured Site for the month of January at ArchNet. We really admire the work you have done and hope the listing as Featured Site will generate more interest in your site... Once again, congratulations and thank you for providing such a wonderful resource. Jonathan M. Lizee, Ph.D. ArchNet Co-Developer, Dept. of Anthropology University of Connecticut.
Congratulations on assemblage! It is rather different to know what I expected, perhaps a little less academic, very much more lively and certainly much more fun! Terrific! Andrew Selkirk, Current Archaeology.
All I wanted to say is that I think the journal is really excellent; interesting, varied, topical, and very well presented, far better done than some others I might name. I would think it difficult to concoct an encore at the same pitch. Whatever, congratulations on your first issue. Hob Brown, Dept. of Ed., Univ. of Hong Kong.
I just found your first issue and wanted to tell you that I found it very well done, informative, and often fun...I see a great need for a medium that bridges the gap between the professional archaeology community and the general public. Although your publication is obviously aimed mostly toward the former, most of it is written in a way the rest of us can understand and enjoy it. I hope to see a long run for assemblage. Gary Welch.
I think assemblage is absolutely fantastic (it makes me want to run right back to my Hunter College Archaeology Dept. and yell at them to put up something similar!!!). I'll check back often -- your creativity is a delight. Merry Bruns, The Center for Anthropology and Science Communications.
I just visited your assemblage online journal Web site, and I wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed it. It is really well done, and clearly represents a lot of work! I've gone ahead and added your site to our list of links that we maintain here at UCSB. Because your site is so splendid and represents so much work, I've honored it with our modest "Hot" award... John Kantner, Department of Anthropology, UC Santa Barbara.
Great journal! Keep up the good work...I am impressed by the level of comment in assemblage. Thanks. Prof. Charles Orser. Anthropology, Illinois State University.
Very much enjoy your journal. Clearly, you all are setting the pace of electronic publishing in anthropology. Thanks. Robert P. Connolly, Station Archaeologist, Poverty Point State Commemorative Area, Epps, LA, USA.
Good to see you are back with issue 2. Here is a suggestion I would make to almost every interesting and large site on the Web (specially if your distribution policy implies that the copy of assemblage be complete for further distribution): why not zip the whole site (with directory structure and all) into a single file and make it available for download. It would save users so much time (and bandwidth). Manuel Arroyo, Licenciate in Archaeology, Universidad de Chile.
Congrats on a great site! Most impressed by the mix on your site, it's no wonder that Sheffield is in the top 3 Arch. schools... Stuart H. Miller.
I have just spent a nostalgic and engaged time reading through your interview in assemblage 2. I thought I would just write and say how much I enjoyed it and how illuminating it was... Do pass on that I am very much liking assemblage -- tho' I wish it could be more interactive and radical in its formatting. Ian Hodder, University of Cambridge.
Following your email yesterday I spent a while today looking through the new issue of assemblage and I think it is certainly a worthy follow up to issue 1. I have a few minor quibbles of presentation...but in terms of the academic quality of the journal I think it is very well put together. I also enjoy the fact that the journal has a sense of humour (through its editors of course!). I love the pint icons for the Parker-Pearson interview!! Keep up the good work! Mike Heyworth, CBA.
I just finished viewing your site -- compliments, a lot of information, well-presented and often funny. I hope it's OK that I put a link from our "favourite links" page to your site. Jos Thiel, Archaeology in Luxembourg.
Have you ever tried to read your pages on a B&W monitor; rather impossible with that awful wallpaper. Thought you might like to know. Howard Williams.
Congratulations on your e-journal, I know how much work it must have been. "How", I hear you scream, how would I know the pain, the long nights, the "shall we go to the pub -- or do we do some more editing" decisions... Well done again, may you bask in reflective glory, and not worry about the total lack of progress on your thesis -- oops sorry did I say that, I was of course referring to myself. Andy Sherriff, Dept. Political Science, University of Calgary.
I am an undergraduate student at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. I happened across your site today, and got great giggles from your Fun Page... I quite enjoyed perusing your site. It is nice for an undergrad to see what lies ahead, and that there is hope! Keep up the good work. By the way, I really enjoyed reading about the 3D facial reconstruction. Katherine McMillan.
I very much enjoyed working with assemblage and with your fine editorial policy of wide-minded inclusion. I would not hesitate to submit something again in the future, nor to send other scholars your way. I attended the recent Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo, Michigan, and there was a seminar on electronic publishing at which some misunderstanding and suspicion was voiced. When I could get a word in edgewise I cited my good experience at assemblage as an example of how the medium can operate. Wade Tarzia.
Many thanks to all those of you who have written to us over the past year.
Go on, e-mail assemblage today!
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