History Of Archaeology (Other Keyword)

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Maya: the Riddle and Rediscovery of a Lost Civilization (1959)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Charles Gallenkamp.

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Measuring Intensity: Harold Dibble’s Contributions to Paleoanthropology and Specifically to the Measure of Site Occupational Intensity (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Gilbert Tostevin.

This is an abstract from the "Establishing the Science of Paleolithic Archaeology: The Legacy of Harold Dibble (1951–2018) Part II" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Harold Dibble’s contributions to Paleolithic archaeology are numerous. Of the two contributions that I feel had the largest impact, the first is the intensity of energy Dibble brought to every endeavor, particularly to broadening the application of rigorous empiricism to the...


The Middle to Upper Paleolithic Site of Abri des Merveilles in Southwestern France: An Assessment of the Integrity and Research Potential of an Historically-Excavated Museum Collection (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Sheila Koons.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. As museum shelves buckle under the weight of virtually forgotten boxes of artifacts, many institutions are questioning the future curation of these historically excavated materials. Much of this material is comprised of Paleolithic artifacts excavated during the infancy of American archaeology abroad. This project was undertaken to evaluate the integrity of a...


Migration and Climate Change in Mississippian Archaeology: An Introduction and Brief History (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only John Blitz.

This is an abstract from the "Migration and Climate Change: The Spread of Mississippian Culture" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper introduces the symposium "Migration and Climate Change: The Spread of Mississippian Culture ca. A.D. 1050-1400." I provide a brief history of migration and climate change research in the archaeology of Mississippian societies. These earlier research efforts -- the theoretical contexts in which they occurred,...


The Mobile Bay-Mobile River Delta Region: Archaeological Status Report - July 1976 (1977)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Vernon J. Knight, Jr..

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Modeling Small-Arms Distribution on Eighteenth-Century Battle Sites (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Garrett Silliman.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The application of geographic information systems (GIS) technologies to archaeological investigations continues to provide new perspectives on historical events. Applied to battlefield archaeology, GIS analysis offers an efficient means of predicting potential artifact distribution across a conflict landscape. The approach proposed in this paper allows a...


Modelling the Skeleton of Future Bioarchaeological Research in Georgia (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Isabelle Coupal.

This is an abstract from the "The South Caucasus Region: Crossroads of Societies & Polities. An Assessment of Research Perspectives in Post-Soviet Times" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In recent years, the Republic of Georgia has fostered a growing interest for archaeological research in the Southern Caucasus region. This trend has been stimulated both by a strong local contingent of archaeologists, of two generations and of two different systems,...


Monaco in Prehistoric Times and Further Investigations (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Elena Rossoni-Notter. Olivier Notter. Suzanne Simone. Matteo Romandini.

This is an abstract from the "Recent Advances in the Prehistory of Liguria and Neighboring Regions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology has conducted excavations and research in the Principality of Monaco and surroundings for more than 100 years. In this contribution, we tackle the issue of the prehistoric Liguro-Provencal panorama, including some major comparative items and new results obtained through the...


Montana Society Has Meeting (1961)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Anonymous.

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The Mounds Awaken: Mound State Monument and the Civilian Conservation Corps (1989)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Joy D. Baklanoff. Arthur F. Howington.

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Natchitoches Parish Cultural and Historical Resources, Prehistory (1978)
DOCUMENT Citation Only H. F. Gregory. H. K. Curry.

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A new deal for southeastern archaeology (1996)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Edwin A. Lyon.

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Not All Who Wander Are Lost (or, the Awkward Adolescence of a Retiring Giant . . .) (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only David Wright.

This is an abstract from the "Archaeological Science and African Archaeology: Appreciating the Impact of David Killick" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. It is hard to hold a candle to the career of David Killick and catch a reflection that adequately reflects the scope and breadth of his contributions to the discipline of archaeology. Those of us who know him well undoubtedly have seen his commitment to separate fact from fiction in the human past,...


Notes On Early Archeological Research
DOCUMENT Citation Only John Witthoft.

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An NSF Broader Impact Story in the Teotihuacan Valley of Mexico: 60 Years in the Making (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Kirk French.

This is an abstract from the "Innovations and Transformations in Mesoamerican Research: Recent and Revised Insights of Ancestral Lifeways" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. For many, the “broader impact” of a grant proposal frequently involves outcomes that will happen somewhere between immediately and the next five years. Yet, the scope of the broader impact is often unexpected, unknown, and/or will take place many decades later. In 1960, when Eric...


Numbering of Archaeological Sites (1958)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Anthropology Staff MSU.

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On Our Honor: Exploring Washington State’s Historical Use of Honor Camps in the Yacolt State Forest (2023)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Hannah Russell.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Following a series of catastrophic forest fires in Washington’s Yacolt State Forest and the Gilford Pinchot National Forest between 1902 and 1952, the Washington Division of Forestry partnered with the Washington Department of Institutions to use inmate labor in remote locations to perform forest and fire management duties. Called Honor Camps, these labor...


On the Naming of Horizons (1965)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Carling Malouf.

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The Origin of Metallurgy in China: Retrospect and Prospect (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Yun Ge.

This is an abstract from the "New Thoughts on Current Research in East Asian Archaeology" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Early metallurgy is considered one of the most essential factors to the development of Chinese civilization, and the controversy concerning its origin has been going on for decades.With increasing number of early bronzes found in the past decades, scholars keep renewing their views on this topic, and as a result, the controversy...


Out of site, Out of Mind: Women's Hidden Labor and the Making of Modern American Archaeology (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Katie Kirakosian.

This is an abstract from the "Sins of Our Ancestors (and of Ourselves): Confronting Archaeological Legacies" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. While some work has been done over the past few decades to uncover the roles of female archaeologists who supported their husband's careers with little acknowledgment, less work has been done to explore the diversity of forgotten women's labor that helped support American archaeology since the late 19th...


Paleoindian Chronology and Cultural Sequence (1966)
DOCUMENT Citation Only George A. Agogino.

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Patients and Practitioners: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Approaches to Ancient Medicine and Healing Practices in the Americas (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Joshua Schnell.

This is an abstract from the "Medicine and Healing in the Americas: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Perspectives" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Medicine, health care, and healing comprise a sub-set of cultural practices that are under-represented in archaeological work in the Americas. In other parts of the world, rich textual traditions consisting of medical treatises or surgical manuals combined with archaeological evidence in the form of...


The Penumbra of Castro Archaeology: Evidence and Questions (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Mariah Wade.

The archaeology and socio-cultural practices of Iron Age hilltop fortified settlements (castros) in Northwest Portugal and Galicia present usual and unusual specific problems. From the recognition of the uniqueness of castro cultural practices in the late nineteenth century to the last decades of the twentieth century, castro archaeology has suffered from the inadequate methodologies of earlier excavations, poor temporal controls, a parochial stance toward entertaining unanswered questions, and...


Photographing the Ancient Maya (2021)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah Kurnick.

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Photography is a ubiquitous part of our daily lives and a pervasive feature of archaeological practice. For over a century, photographs have fostered interest in archaeology and offered a means to document artifacts, sites, and excavations. Perhaps because of its prevalence, archaeological photography is often taken for granted and only occasionally examined...


Pioneer in Space and Time: John Mann Goggin and the Development of Florida Archaeology (2002)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Brent R. Weisman.

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