Attention to Detail: A Pragmatic Career of Research, Mentoring, and Service, Papers in Honor of Keith Kintigh

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Attention to Detail: A Pragmatic Career of Research, Mentoring, and Service, Papers in Honor of Keith Kintigh," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This symposium honors the research, mentorship, and service contributions of Dr. Keith Kintigh to the field of archaeology. Over the course of his career, Dr. Kintigh’s research has been quite broad, including influential work on settlement archaeology and demography in the U.S. Southwest and many other regions, as well as quantitative and formal methods for archaeological analysis. Dr. Kintigh also exceled as a mentor to young scholars, receiving awards for mentorship at Arizona State University and serving on the dissertation committees of many SAA Dissertation Award winners. Beyond this, Dr. Kintigh’s career shows a deep commitment to service to the broader archaeological community. He was at the forefront of developing computational tools for archaeological analysis, and led the development of cyberinfrastructure platforms and infrastructure for the preservation, accessibility, and synthesis of archaeological data and research (tDAR, CfAS). As a past board member and president of the Society for American Archaeology, Dr. Kintigh worked on key issues, including the implementation of NAGPRA and growth of SAA. In this session, former students and colleagues present research and applied work inspired by and celebrating Dr. Kintigh’s career.