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This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Advances in Puebla/Tlaxcala Archaeology" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Puebla/Tlaxcala valley has often been characterized as a crossroads connecting the Gulf Coast, the Basin of Mexico, and the southern highlands of Oaxaca. As such, it has been a cultural palimpsest over its long history with influences from many areas and a hub for long-distance trade....
Advances in the Archaeology of the Bahama Archipelago
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Advances in the Archaeology of the Bahama Archipelago," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The archaeology of the Bahama archipelago continues to advance as archaeologists tackle old questions and take on new ones with greater theoretical and methodological sophistication. In this session, we demonstrate how the application of an array of scientific techniques, many of them...
Advances in the archaeology of West Mexico and the surrounding areas
Since it is difficult to clearly define the geographic extent of West Mexico and the interactions in which social groups in this region participated, this session includes archaeological research taking place both within the classic area of West Mexico, as well as the surrounding areas. Paper topics include ethnoarchaeological studies of pseudo-cloisonné and negative ware ceramics, analyses directed at more clearly defining the regional chronology of the northern frontier area, studies of...
Advances in the Method and Application of Ceramic Petrography: International Perspectives on Key Archaeological Questions Part II
Over the last 30 years the archaeological application of petrographic analysis has gained methodological and theoretical traction. Ceramic petrography, in particular, has emerged as a key methodological tool because it provides insights into technological practice, the choice and manipulation of raw materials by ancient potters, and methods of forming and firing conditions. Petrography has the advantage of being a visual technique whose observations are easily combined with macroscopic study of...
Advances in the Method and Application of Ceramic Petrography: international perspectives on key archaeological questions, Part I
Over the last 30 years the archaeological application of petrographic analysis has gained methodological and theoretical traction. Ceramic petrography, in particular, has emerged as a key methodological tool because it provides insights into technological practice, the choice and manipulation of raw materials by ancient potters, and methods of forming and firing conditions. Petrography has the advantage of being a visual technique whose observations are easily combined with macroscopic study of...
Advances in Wetland Archaeology in the Americas
Over the last several decades, studies in Central and South America have demonstrated that numerous wetland areas were modified in the Pre-Columbian past, transforming marginal areas into highly productive agricultural land and profitable centers of aquaculture. Scholars emphasize the diversity of these complex hydrological features, which include raised, ditched, and drained fields, canals for transportation and drainage, as well as dams and pools for managing seasonal flooding and trapping...
Advances on the investigation of Chalchihuites culture
A century ago, Manuel Gamio put on the map to archeology of Chalchihuites area, however, across time the research has been very sporadic and slow. It was Charles Kelley and his group of researchers at Southern Illinois University, who develop the largest study on the limits of the current states of Durango and Zacatecas. They show the great potential that this area kept for archaeological research. Today has been made a wide range of studies, but the dissemination of the results has not been the...
Advancing Frontiers in the 21st century: Reconsidering Colonial Encounters in the Atlantic World
This session takes as its point of departure the conference theme, "Advancing Frontiers," a phrase inviting archaeologists to imagine the nature of our research in 50 years. It may also be a play on the discipline's first 50 years, which drew on the notion of the "frontier" as a framework for documenting and interpreting colonial encounters. This framework soon came under fire as one that reproduced rather than challenged colonial relations, in the past and in the present. In this session,...
Advancing Public Perceptions of Sustainability through Archaeology
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Advancing Public Perceptions of Sustainability through Archaeology," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Archaeologists offer a unique viewpoint to sustainability discourse. We have claimed our place in that conversation thanks to our ability to document deep histories of social, political, economic, and environmental change. Archaeology also enjoys a broad public appeal,...
Advancing the Archaeology of Indigenous Agriculture in North America
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Advancing the Archaeology of Indigenous Agriculture in North America" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Advances in paleoethnobotanical analysis over the last several decades have allowed archaeologists to gain an understanding of crop domestication and intensification, diet breadth, food storage, processing, and cooking practices, and even changes in subsistence strategies...
Adventures in Archaeology: A Symposium in Honor of Wm. Jerald Kennedy
For over three decades Wm. Jerald Kennedy mentored undergraduate and graduate students at Florida Atlantic University. Students interested in archaeology at the growing Boca Raton campus were welcomed by Jerry’s affable nature and inquisitive personality. He mastered the art of connecting students with the right projects and field opportunities, often providing subtle direction, sometimes in ways that those students only understood years or decades later. Jerry received his Ph.D from Tulane in...
Adventures in Spatial Archaeometry: A Survey of Recent High-Resolution Survey and Measurement Applications
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Adventures in Spatial Archaeometry: A Survey of Recent High-Resolution Survey and Measurement Applications" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Geospatial technology is an increasingly integral component in the measurement and analysis of time, space, and form. The democratization of methods in high-density survey and measurement (HDSM), such as photogrammetry and laser...
The Advice You Were Looking For: The ACUA Mentorship Program Panel Discussion
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "The Advice You Were Looking For: The ACUA Mentorship Program Panel Discussion," at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Beginning January 2018, at the previous Society for Historical Archaeology Conference in New Orleans, LA, the Advisory Council of Underwater Archaeology organization debuted the Mentorship Program consisting of leading professionals in underwater archaeology...
Advocacy in Archaeology: Thoughts from the Urban Frontier
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Advocacy in Archaeology: Thoughts from the Urban Frontier," at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Archaeologists have a history of being prime agents of change, particularly in advocating for protection and preservation of heritage resources, which have led to many historic preservation laws and ordinances and the development of CRM in the mid-20th century. During this time,...
African American Voices In The Mid-Atlantic: Archaeology Of Elusive Freedom, Enslavement, And Rebellion
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "African American Voices In The Mid-Atlantic: Archaeology Of Elusive Freedom, Enslavement, And Rebellion," at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Forged in Philadelphia by revolutionary minds, the United States Constitution granted freedom and equality to the nation’s citizenry. Yet, many were decidedly left out. For Black Americans, free and enslaved, these concepts were...
African Archaeology throughout the Holocene
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "African Archaeology throughout the Holocene," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The Archaeology of Africa is progressing at an unprecedented pace. Remarkable finds, innovative paradigms, and new voices emerging from across the continent have provided insights into the African past that continue to undermine old narratives. In addition, through the work of African and...
African Burial Ground Project
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The African Diaspora
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African Diaspora in Florida
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "African Diaspora in Florida," at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The African experience in Florida spans the earliest days of contact with the New World, to the present day. Shaped by colonial and imperial entanglements, the diverse, collective African Diaspora experiences include plantation enslavement, maroonage, negotiated freedoms through service in the Spanish...
Africa’s Discovery of the World from Archaeological Perspectives: Revisiting Moments of First Contact, Colonialism, and Global Transformation
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Africa’s Discovery of the World from Archaeological Perspectives: Revisiting Moments of First Contact, Colonialism, and Global Transformation," at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Previous approaches in historical archaeology privileging the agency and worldviews of Europeans have tended to marginalize the role of a plethora of African and Indigenous peoples and polities in...
Afro-Latin American Landscapes
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Afro-Latin American Landscapes" at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This session will explore Afro-Latin American landscapes of varying scales and meanings. Ways of place making were contingent and strategic and emphasized to different degrees sharp distinctions, ambiguity, or seamless inclusion. Archaeological understanding of these endeavors elucidates a spectrum of social,...
After Anzick: Reconciling New Genomic Data and Models with the Archaeological Evidence for Peopling of the Americas
The past two years have witnessed the publication of a series of ancient genomes that illuminate the peopling of the Americas: the Anzick infant, the Malt’a boy, and Kennewick Man. Along with similar data from later Holocene skeletal samples and extant Native American populations, these genomes show that a single small but diverse founder group, ancestral to all Native populations south of the Arctic, left Siberia after 23,000 cal BP and crossed Beringia about 15,000 cal BP. Is it possible to...
After Cortés: Archaeological Legacies of the European Invasion in Mesoamerica
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "After Cortés: Archaeological Legacies of the European Invasion in Mesoamerica," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. On April 21, 1519, Hernán Cortés landed on the coast of Veracruz and, as the saying goes, the rest is history. In this session, we challenge the notion that the Spanish invasion predestined the next 500 years of sociocultural change in Mesoamerica. Participants...
After Dark: The Nocturnal Urban Landscape & Lightscape of Ancient Cities
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "After Dark: The Nocturnal Urban Landscape & Lightscape of Ancient Cities," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Life in an ancient metropolis was vastly different once the sun set, but what were the nocturnal footprints of its residents? Cities are notorious for having enriching and bawdy night life as well as being economically productive during the dark hours of the day –...
After the Volcano Erupted: Papers in Honor of Dr. Payson Sheets (Part 1)
The UNESCO World Heritage site of Cerén, El Salvador, has fueled the archaeological imagination for decades with its superb preservation of earthen architecture, agricultural fields, and in situ artifacts buried beneath multiple meters of volcanic ash. Payson Sheets has tirelessly led investigations of this Classic Period Maya community enhancing our understanding of ancient commoners, household archaeology, social and political organization, diet and subsistence, among other topics. The...