Reflections on DGR and RBR: David G. Anderson and the Richard B. Russell Reservoir Project

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This is an abstract from the "*SE Big Data and Bigger Questions: Papers in Honor of David G. Anderson" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

David Anderson’s archaeological career took root in the fields of cultural resource management and his research on the Richard B. Russell (RBR) Reservoir was integral to his intellectual development. Through three seasons of fieldwork and subsequent analysis and reporting, he directed archaeological excavations at seven sites for the RBR project including Rucker’s Bottom and the Abbeville and Bullard Site Groups. This work witnessed elements of his approach to archaeology, drawing from an ecological perspective and involving an extensive team of specialists. The RBR project itself is historically notable for the CRM collaboration between the National Park Service’s Interagency Archaeological Services Division and the US Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, and for the production and distribution of the Russell Papers as the final products of each investigation. Fittingly, David would serve as the lead and coauthor of the Russell Paper technical synthesis produced as the final technical Russell Paper. This presentation reflects on David’s work at RBR and the place of the project in the history of CRM.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• *SE Big Data and Bigger Questions: Papers in Honor of David G. Anderson   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38080.0