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.

History, Influence, Archaeology and state, Public archaeology, New Deal, 1933-1939

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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.

Aged, Elderly, Behavior, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Archaeologists

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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.

Research, Land settlement, Jamestown, Virginia

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