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DOCUMENT Citation Only Erin Baxter. Steve Nash. Michele Koons. Deborah Huntley.

This is an abstract from the "Emerging Voices in Mogollon Archaeology" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Emily Haury wrote, “[Mogollon studies are] . . . a currently confused state of affairs. Perhaps in another half century [it] will have reached a state of broad acceptability and equilibrium” (1983:xix). Forty years into the prognostication, have we made inroads? This paper will explore the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s efforts toward that...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hannah Rucinski. Georgia Abrams. Tamira Brennan.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In 2022, the Illinois State Archaeological Survey’s Curation Section undertook the monumental task of moving its ~24,000 ft3 Illinois Department of Transportation collections to a larger, modified-to-suit facility. These collections include some of the most significant projects carried out in Illinois. This paper addresses our methods for assessing the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Georgia Abrams. Hannah Rucinski. Tamira Brennan.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. As a result of moving its ~24,000 ft3 Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) collections to a more suitable facility, the Illinois State Archaeological Survey’s Curation Section is now more capable of addressing the present and future needs of the collections and its users. This paper details the move’s success and our ongoing efforts to create more...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard Leventhal. Brian Daniels.

What are museums to do during times of war and with the destruction of cultural heritage in conflict zones? This is a question that came into focus during World War II, and more recently in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and other parts of the Middle East. What are the professional and ethical responsibilities of museums in the United States, in western Europe, or in other parts of the world when destruction of cultural heritage is planned or occurring? Do museums in the West have additional...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Zoe Milburn.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. On October 18, 2022, the Department of the Interior published the Proposed Rule (87 FR 63202) seeking to revise the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (43 CFR 10). Modifications include the introduction of clearer timelines and terminology, an emphasis on forthright and effective consultation with stakeholders, and addressing problems...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jennifer Haas. Adrienne Frie. Kevin Garski.

This is an abstract from the "In Search of Solutions: Exploring Pathways to Repatriation for NAGPRA Practitioners (Part III)" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper provides a case study of NAGPRA implementation within the University of Wisconsin System focusing on two institutions: the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Both institutions have long-standing programs of Midwest archaeology, within their...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrea Bridges.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Since the passing of NAGPRA in 1990, a potential new sub-field of jobs has emerged for bioarchaeologists and archaeologists who are invested in the repatriation process of Indigenous ancestral remains and sacred belongings. It has been 32 years since the law was passed, and NAGPRA job vacancies at federally funded institutions are still widely prevalent...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Megan Kleeschulte.

This is an abstract from the "Four Decades of NAGPRA, Part 1: Accomplishments and Challenges" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) is a federal law that was passed in 1990. In the 30 years since the law was passed it has faced resistance and scrutiny from the museums, universities, and scientists who are meant to comply with the law. The medicolegal system (Medical Examiners and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Loa Traxler.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Recent changes to NAGPRA press museums to revisit and update inventories, assemble documentation, and reach out to Native American communities, establishing new relationships or re-engaging with communities in more expansive consultations, all activities that demand investment in time and personnel to handle the complexity of legacy collections. Drawing...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Basil Stewart.

This is an abstract from the "In Search of Solutions: Exploring Pathways to Repatriation for NAGPRA Practitioners (Part IV): NAGPRA in Policy, Protocol, and Practice" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. NAGPRA practice entails working with death. This occurs when practitioners are engaging with the Dead, the circumstances of their occurrence in collections, and the wider scope of systemic violence that prompted the need for NAGPRA. NAGPRA practice is a...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Zoe Milburn.

This is an abstract from the "Four Decades of NAGPRA, Part 1: Accomplishments and Challenges" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. At the 2024 meeting, data relating to NAGPRA compliance were collected from the membership during a poster presentation, an IRB approved digital survey, and ethnographic interviews. The survey sought to quantify and clarify barriers faced during the NAGPRA process. This presentation will present the results from more than...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Joseph Lindler. Savannah Bornheim. Jordan Jeffreys. Greta Napotnik. Nina Schreiner.

This is an abstract from the "In Search of Solutions: Exploring Pathways to Repatriation for NAGPRA Practitioners (Part IV): NAGPRA in Policy, Protocol, and Practice" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Thirty years beyond enactment of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), there is still much to be done. The growing curation crisis and renewed efforts by Tribal Nations and archaeologists at the South Carolina Institute of...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mary Burdette.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Museums as institutions have a storied history regarding the presentation of Native American cultures and histories to the public. Much has been done to address this issue, although the topic remains difficult to explain succinctly to those without prior knowledge. Often, the interpretation of artifacts is oversimplified and leads to confusion or...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jennifer Haas.

This is an abstract from the "Four Decades of NAGPRA, Part 1: Accomplishments and Challenges" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper examines the initial implementation of the revised NAGPRA regulations, effective January 2024, within the Archaeological Research Laboratory Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The updated regulations introduce new definitions for NAGPRA items, such as “cultural items,” and include a duty of care...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Amy Gusick. Nakia Zavalla. Wendy Teeter. Amber Lincoln.

This is an abstract from the "In Search of Solutions: Exploring Pathways to Repatriation for NAGPRA Practitioners (Part I)" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In California, there are approximately 109 federally recognized tribes and at least 55 tribes not recognized by the federal government—the most of any state in the United States. Most, if not all, of these tribes have been displaced by the colonial occupation that ushered in the California...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Carlton Shield Chief Gover.

This is an abstract from the "Four Decades of NAGPRA, Part 1: Accomplishments and Challenges" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Navigating the complexities of university bureaucracy to ensure compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) requires more than just legal adherence; it demands a collaborative process rooted in respect and partnership with Native American communities. This presentation explores the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Katherine Leddy.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Recent NAGPRA legislation and discussions of decolonizing practices have prompted archaeologists to reshape the ways they conduct research in the Southwest United States. Using legacy collections, or previously accessioned artifact assemblages, is one way to improve these research practices. This project implemented decolonizing practices, as well as the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicolette Meister.

This is an abstract from the "In Search of Solutions: Exploring Pathways to Repatriation for NAGPRA Practitioners (Part III)" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Culturally informed stewardship takes a holistic and culturally inclusive approach to the preservation, access, and use of cultural items, records, and images. It acknowledges that curation and care are political acts and that the stewards of cultural collections must do more than simply...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Viola Koenig.

This is an abstract from the "Bringing the Past to Life, Part 2: Papers in Honor of John M. D. Pohl" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Can we compare the power, decline, and survival of Mesoamerican sociopolitical and religious systems with contemporary academic schools? Are there characteristic relationships between researchers and research subjects? Does this apply at least to the Mixteca-Puebla and Oaxaca regions? In other words, what do the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kary Stackelbeck.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. As of August 2024, there are 25,093 missing persons in The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), including 886 potential Missing or Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP). Most individuals (23,270) were last seen more than 2 years ago and, if found, may be represented by completely skeletonized remains. Both the Oklahoma Office of the Chief...

DOCUMENT Citation Only McKenzie Alford. Douglas Mitchell.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Digital databases are critical to archaeological data management, but our increasing use of them since the 1980s means that some of them have become artifacts in themselves. Cultural resource management (CRM) firms in particular rely on different databases to document mortuary features and associated funerary objects, but as many CRM collections have...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Elisabetta Cova.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Milwaukee Public Museum, officially founded in 1882, but in fact in its early stages since 1851, was at the forefront of nineteenth-century museography at a crucial time for both the establishment of Wisconsin as a state of the Union and the institution of museums in the US. This paper investigates the historical, cultural and social context within...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Gregory Lattanzi.

Since 2001, the Bureau of Archaeology & Ethnography began accepting interns and opened its collections to scholars and professionals conducting research. Numerous undergraduate and graduate students have completed both senior honor theses, MAs and PhDs working with the over 2.5 million objects in our collections. Numerous professionals have utilized the collections for their ongoing research interests. The Bureau itself has had to build this program from the gound up along side these...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Grace Conrad.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Fieldnotes, hand drawn maps, personal communication, and some door-knocking: these are the pieces of the puzzle that allowed us to relocate a Fort Ancient site located near Cincinnati, Ohio. The Peach Orchard site sits atop a prominent hill, overlooking the more well-known Turpin site and the floodplain of the Little Miami River. It was first...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Maggie S. Joyce.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Strawbery Banke Museum is a living history museum in Portsmouth, NH that features historic buildings and curates a wide range of archaeological artifacts. This poster will demonstrate a collaboration with the museum and the University of New Hampshire’s CatLAB to create 3D models of artifacts and historic spaces at the museum utilizing photogrammetry, where a software processes...