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A Quarter Century of Growth in American Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Frederick Johnson
Frederick Johnson*
Affiliation:
R. S. Peabody Foundation, Andover, Mass.
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Abstract

To introduce papers presented at a celebration of the 25th annual meeting of The Society for American Archaeology the development of New World archaeology is very broadly and briefly summarized. Expanding knowledge of culture areas and taxonomic systems is traced. The development of salvage archaeology in reservoir areas, along roads and oil pipelines is mentioned. There is an account of the development of various types of relative chronologies in the several areas and comment upon the significance of the introduction of radiocarbon dates. Special mention is made of the possible solution of the question of correlating Mayan and Julian calendars.

Type
Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , July 1961 , pp. 1 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1961

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