Dam projects and the growth of American archaeology: the River Basin Survey and the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program

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Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: The Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Growth of American Archaeology Kimball M. Banks and Jon Czaplicki Part I: The National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution 2. The National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution: Partners in Salvage Archaeology Thomas D. Thiessen, Deborah Hull-Walski, and Lynn M. Snyder Part II: The RBS and IASP Programs 3. The Lincoln Office and the Upper Missouri River Basin, W. Raymond Wood 4. Archaeological Appraisals of Twenty Stream Basins in California: Investigations by The Smithsonian Institution River Basin Surveys, 1947-1951, Michael J. Moratto and Francis A. Riddell 5. The River Basin Surveys in the Columbia Plateau, R. Lee Lyman 6. Archaeological Salvage at Texas Reservoir Construction Projects: 1945-1969, Edward B. Jelks 7. Federal Archaeology in the Southeast, Richard A. Krauss 8. Contributions of the Washington Office to the Archaeology of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, Susan C. Prezzano 9. Upper Colorado River Archaeological Salvage Projects, Don D. Fowler Part III: The RBS and IASP Impacts on American Archaeology 10. Contributions to Physical Anthropology by the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys, Vanessa A. Mirro 11. Missouri Basin Projects and the Emergence of Historical Archaeology on the Great Plains, William B. Lees 12. Paleontological Significance of the Missouri River Basin Surveys, John W. Hoganson 13. Women in Reservoir Salvage Archaeology, Ruthann Knudson 14. The Missouri River: The Backbone to Survival, Gerard Baker - Yellow Wolf 15. Flapping Tents, Outhouses, Hail Storms, and Running for Water: An Insider's View of the Life in Interagency Archeological Salvage Program Field Camps, 1950s-1970s, David Mayer Gradwohl 16. From The River Basin Surveys to Cultural Resource Management: Late Twentieth-Century Developments in American Archaeology, Francis P. McManamon References Index About the Authors