Celebrating Alice: Recognizing the Many Contributions of Alice Beck Kehoe

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Celebrating Alice: Recognizing the Many Contributions of Alice Beck Kehoe" at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Alice Beck Kehoe has been a multidimensional scholar throughout her amazing career in Anthropology and Archaeology. She has authored and/or edited over 20 books, the newest boldly titled, “Truth & Power in American Archaeology. Her interests are truly diverse, covering Native American nations (Blackfoot, Cree, Osage), Mississippian, and Mesoamerican Archaeologies, Pre-Columbian voyaging and contacts, Shamanism, and not least of all Engendering Archaeology. Alice has been an ice breaker through the frozen tundra of the “Old Boys Network” from the 1950s through to the current day. She has been a strong model for women in Anthropology and Archaeology and it is high time that Alice Beck Kehoe be honored for all her struggles and successes in academia. She is an omnipresent participant in conferences where she consistently challenges other scholars to think critically and creatively. In this SAA session we hope to highlight the many facets and influences of her illustrious career by hosting a conference session in her honor.