New Deal Archaeology in the West

2025/07/03 by Kelly L. Jenks · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Archaeological Research and Protection

paper · doi:10.1080/00231940.2025.2516934

openalex publication_date 2025/07/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/14

Abstract

After President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in 1933, four years into the Great Depression, his administration’s “New Deal” addressed this national crisis by employing millions of American...

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• How did the New Deal shape archaeology in the American West? Kelly L. Jenks reviews New Deal Archaeology In The West edited by Pool and Howe which discusses how this legislation reshaped American arch [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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