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Happy Labor Day from New Deal Archaeology!
by Bernard K. Means This Labor Day, I think it is important to recall that transformative time during the Great Depression when …
New Article on the Spatial Extent of New Deal Archaeology
by Bernard K. Means It has been too, too long since I have put my thoughts on paper about New …
New Deal Archaeology in the West
by Bernard K. Means Following from a suggestion I made at last year’s Society for American Archaeology (SAA) annual meeting, …
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable …
A Giant Skull! A Monongahela Village! A WPA Excavation!
by Bernard K. Means In writing up the Fort Hill site report, Edgar Augustine noted a local pot hunter mentioned …
World War II and New Deal archaeology
by Bernard K. Means As today is officially Veteran’s Day, I thought I’d focus on how New Deal archaeology—and archaeologists—were …
Three-Eighty-Three: Honoring America’s New Deal Archaeologists on Labor Day 2012
By Bernard K. Means Over 79 years ago, in March 1933, federal work relief funding was first used to excavate …
New Deal Archaeology ≠ WPA Archaeology
One of the issues I encounter somewhat frequently when doing research on New Deal archaeology is the conflation of all …
Notes on New Deal Archaeology banner
For those of you curious about the banner graphic, this was derived from part of a flyer extolling the benefits …
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