[78-L] Filing system (was 1st 78)

[Michael Biel]

On 12/21/2010 7:16 PM, N7MW at aol.com wrote:
> I would hazard that the 'Pile' System is better described as a Sedimentary
> System, where the most recently acquired (or at least most recently
> accessed)  record is on top.  Perhaps dating of the pile structure can be done in a
>   fashion somewhat akin to tree-ring dating as used by Archaeologists in the
> SW  USA to date Indian ruins...
>
> Mike in Phoenix (my brother is an Archaeologist...)
>
Precisely!  I date the layers of my archaeological digs by the stray 
mail or newspapers included.  It sometimes helps me estimate if I have 
dug deep enough or need to keep digging,

Mike (leah recently found the phone i lost last january a couple of 
layers down in her apartment)  Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com