A New Deal for Western Archaeology
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)
The New Deal agencies established during the Great Depression were important 1930's economic programs that are a dynamic part of American history. This symposium will focus on analysis of these Alphabet Soup agencies, as they were commonly known, and the cultural heritage projects that were sponsored west of the Mississippi River, including those devoted to archaeology and to standing structures. These Western New Deal projects were supported by many of the Federal agencies: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Civil Works Administration (CWA), Public Works Administration (PWA), National Youth Administration (NYA) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Contrary to what some scholars have implied, we show that New Deal archaeology is not confined to the southeastern United States.
Site Name Keywords
Cliff Palace •
Great Kiva, Aztec Ruin National Monument
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Kiva / Great Kiva
Other Keywords
New Deal •
CCC •
New Deal archaeology •
National Park Service •
History •
Historic Archaeology •
Archeology •
Chaco Canyon •
Ruins Stabilization •
Depression
Culture Keywords
Ancestral Puebloan
Investigation Types
Site Stabilization •
Architectural Documentation •
Heritage Management
Material Types
Building Materials
Temporal Keywords
Ancestral Puebloan / Sedentary through Classic Period
Geographic Keywords
North America - Southwest •
US (ISO Country Code) •
New Mexico (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
Colorado (State / Territory) •
North America (Continent) •
Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico •
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado •
North America - Plains •
North America - California