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Who was Maria Grann? Balancing Archives of Narratives and Facts of a Contested Sámi(?) Skull (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jonny Geber. Jenny Bergman.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper Bodies: Excavating Archival Tissues and Traces", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. One of the late nineteenth-century skulls in the anatomical collection at Lund University (Sweden) belongs to a middle adult woman (28-45 years of age); according to the archival documentation (including writing on the skull) she was a 28-year-old Sámi woman named Maria Grann. Media reports in Sweden have generally...


William J. Folan's Canadian Contributions to Archaeology and Ethnohistory (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only John Dewhirst.

This is an abstract from the "A Session in Memory of William J. Folan: Cities, Settlement, and Climate" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Although most recognize William Folan’s contributions to Mayan archaeology, his early career was devoted to significant national heritage projects in Canada. From 1965 to 1972, Willie carried out two unprecedented large archaeological projects for Parks Canada. It was a ground-breaking time in Canadian archaeology,...


Women’s Territorialities within Indigenous Societies in Brazil: Past Discourses, Present Relations (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Juliana Machado. Jozileia Daniza Kaingang.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The aim of this paper is to contribute to a still scarce reflection on the practices, their effects and meanings, of women within indigenous and traditional societies in their territorial processes, from interdisciplinary and collaborative perspectives. This research is sought to consolidate an already existing network of collaboration between historians,...


Working at Our Edges: Managing Traditional Cultural Properties in the Desert Southwest (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Rosemary Sucec.

The most challenging work begins with federal management of these "historic properties." The term belies that TCPs are managed not only for their physical integrity, but for their intangible, associative values vital to maintaining the contemporary identities of indigenous and other traditional communities. Consequently, rather than merely relying on determinations by agency professionals of issues related to boundaries, integrity, adverse/cumulative effects and mitigation, it becomes imperative...


Youthful Visions of Time and Place: Photovoice Methodology in Three Maya Communities (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Khristin Landry-Montes. Daniela Angélica Garrido Durán.

This is an abstract from the "Braiding Knowledge: Opportunities and Challenges for Collaborative Approaches to Archaeological Heritage and Conservation" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Archaeology, and to greater extent academe in the Western world, is evolving from a past couched in the comfort of objective truths and universal knowledge focused on static places and societies. However, now more than ever, there has been a push towards...


Yup’ik Tool Use at Temyiq Tuyuryak—Indigenous Approaches to Artifact Analysis (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Dougless Skinner.

This is an abstract from the "Temyiq Tuyuryaq: Collaborative Archaeology the Yup’iit Way" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Tool analysis is a foundational component of archaeological research and site interpretation. Methods for analysis include a rigorous set of categories including, but not limited to, raw material type, tool type, use-wear, retouch, etc. Although these categories are informative, telling us about a specific set of criteria and...


Zimmerman's Influence on World Archaeology (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Claire Smith.

This presentation focusses on Larry Zimmerman’s contributions to world archaeology through his leadership roles within the World Archaeological Congress. This includes his various roles on the WAC Executive and Council and his convening of the first Indigenous Inter-Congress, held at Vermillion, South Dakota in 1989 and the subsequent development of the Vermillion Accord on Human Remains.