America's Past: A New World Archaeology.

1973 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 531
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Lynch ◽  
Thomas C. Patterson ◽  
Henri Favre
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
World Archaeology

An Introduction to Five Papers on the Archaic Stage

1959 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas S. Byers
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
World Archaeology ◽  
Scientific Congress ◽  
Pan American

The word “archaic” appears in the literature of New World archaeology with more than one usage. In 1910, the existence of three levels of human remains was demonstrated in the Valley of Mexico. The lowest level, in which well-developed ceramics were included, was characterized by hand-modeled human figurines in contrast to the mold made ones of Toltec and Aztec horizons. The civilization of the lowest level came to be called “the archaic type” (Boas 1915). Tozzer (1916: 466), in a paper presented at the Pan American Scientific Congress, Washington, 1915, noted that the terms “tipo de cerro” and “tipo de montaña” had also been used, and suggested that “Archaic” was a more fitting term.

New World Archaeology and Culture History: Collected Essays and Articles

Ethnohistory ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 465
Author(s):  
David C. Grove ◽  
Gordon R. Willey
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
World Archaeology ◽  
Culture History

Federal Aid to Archaeology in the Southeast, 1933-1942

1985 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
William G. Haag
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Federal Aid ◽  
Old World ◽  
Half Century ◽  
World Archaeology ◽  
Grass Roots

Interest in the prehistory of America is hardly more than two centuries old, but it is within the last half-century that our concern for preservation and salvage has bloomed. Prior to that time there were individual voices urging study and protection of archaeological sites, but no grass-roots sentiment for protection. This may be largely because most of our antecedents came from the Old World; New World archaeology concerned our past not at all.

Archaeology in 1992: A Perspective on the Discipline from the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting Program

1992 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 448-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary M. Feinman ◽  
Linda M. Nicholas ◽  
William D. Middleton
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
New World ◽  
Public Archaeology ◽  
Sociopolitical Organization ◽  
American Archaeology ◽  
World Archaeology ◽  
Production Studies ◽  
Meeting Program ◽  
Regional Systems ◽  
Major Trend

A survey of presentations at recent Society for American Archaeology annual meetings (1983, 1991, and 1992) is taken to examine the state of American archaeology. Roughly 80 percent of the presentations focus on New World archaeology, and between 60 and 80 percent are concerned with the last 3,000 years. In the last 10 years, there has been a slight shift away from subsistence and production studies to a greater concern with settlement and regional systems, sociopolitical organization, and public archaeology. A major trend has been increased participation by women.

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