Introduction

• Published in: Plains anthropologist Vol. 51; no. 200; p. 487
• Main Author: Hawley, Marlin F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.11.2006
• Subjects: Federal government; Great Depression; Historic preservation; New Deal; Parks & recreation areas; Presidential elections; River basins; Wendorf, Fred; Lubbock Texas; Washington DC; New Mexico; United States > US; Missouri River; Texas; Kansas; Great Plains; Nebraska

During these years, Great Plains archaeology grew from a marginal enterprise, the focus of a few professionals and a greater number of avocational archaeologists, to become a relatively populous field with archaeologists in academia, state and federal agencies, and numerous consulting companies. [.....