Announcements/Sources Relating to the History of Archaeology

Douglas R. Givens
1998 Bulletin of the History of Archaeology  
Historical Perspectives 011 Canadian Archaeology is the flfS t book to document and analyze the develop ment of archaeology as a Canadian governmental, academic, private and indigenous enterprise. Although the history of social sciences is a fast growing f", ld of inquiry, archaeology's Canadian poast is not re corded. As fonnding fathers and mothers die and the study and practice of archaeology rapidly changes, there is an increasing need to put the activity of digging up our past into
more » ... ive. Who first encouraged archaeology as a science in Canada? Who participated? Where women involved? What was the Native role? How did archaeology become institutionalized academically? How and why did it develop into a 'governmental and vast private industry? What is happening now with the empowerment of Native peoples? When Bill Taylor, Director Emeritus of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and I conceived of this book in late 1993, our goal was to engender primary research and to answer these and other questions. With Bill's sudden death in 1994, and as I started my Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge, Christopber Chippindale, the Editor of Antiquity, enconraged• me to continue to solicit research on archaeology and its Canadian identity.
doi:10.5334/bha.08109 fatcat:b5hp5sv3dfhrhj6y3v3wfelmsm