McGimsey Summarizes 10 Years of Contrad Archeology

• Published in: Practicing Anthropology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Informa UK Limited 1982
• Subjects: General Medicine; Archeological Survey
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.4.2.f4241wj037101585; http://meridian.allenpress.com/practicing-anthropology/article-pdf/4/2/13/1867374/praa_4_2_f4241wj037101585.pdf

C. R. McGimsey, III, director of the Arkansas Archeological Survey, traces the changes in archeology within the past ten years in the Autumn issue of Early Man. McGimsey relates the developments which led to the passage of the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, two pieces of legislation which helped revolutionize the discipline. Archeology changed from a totally academic endeavor to one with significant segments involved in either research or administration, or some combination of any two or all thsee. Even private archeological consulting firms are found today. In addition, the decade saw the emergence of the concepts of public archeology and a conservation ethic.