Kentucky memoir: digging in the Depression
Article Abstract:
Archaeology's current success and popularity in the US is due largely to the support it received under the New Deal. The government sponsored many important projects, the first truly large-scale ones attempted north of Mexico. Many archaeologists who later became leaders in the field also got a boost under the New Deal's programs, gaining valuable leadership experience and hands-on practice. While some sites suffered from hasty work and poor recordkeeping, the New Deal made modern American archaeology possible.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 1993
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Antique archaeologists
Article Abstract:
Many archaeologists continue working into their eighties and nineties. For example, Gordon Willey, professor emeritus at Harvard University, still works as an honorary curator at the Peabody Museum at the age of 84 and has also begun to write mystery novels. At age 91, Frederica de Laguna, retired teacher from Mawr College, still visits the Tlingit communities where she conducted research. Historical archaeologist Jean C. Harrington is still active at the age of 96.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 1997
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Journey to Jamestown
Article Abstract:
A survey of Jamestown Island in 1994 and 1995 indicates that the first permanent English settlement and seventeenth-century Virginia capital was inhabited by Native Americans as early as 9500-8000 B.C. The study focuses on environmental changes. Since the English arrival the sea has risen almost three feet and the marshy pest-infested island was once host to agricultural fields.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Ashkelon's dead babies. The enlightened archaeologist. Writing collaborative history; how the Monacan Nation and archaeologists worked together to enrich our understanding of Virginia's native peoples
- Abstracts: A walk through time. The arrogant archaeologist
- Abstracts: The enduring Maya. Cruising Turkey's southern coast. When giants roamed the earth