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AN APPRAISAL OF REGIONAL SURVEYS IN THE BASIN OF MEXICO, 1960–1975

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2015

Jeffrey R. Parsons
Jeffrey R. Parsons*
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Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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E-mail correspondence to: jpar@umich.edu
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Abstract

In this paper I focus on the regional surveys undertaken in 1960–1975—their development, implementation, key accomplishments, and major shortcomings. I also point to how resulting survey data and surface collections have provided the foundations for subsequent research on a variety of specific problems, sites, and locales, and how complementary historical and ethnographical studies have contributed to interpretations of pre-Columbian settlement patterns. I consider how off-site survey can, and should, complement the more extensive regional surveys that have been carried out in the past. While lamenting the archaeological record lost to modern development, in a more positive vein I suggest lines of productive future investigation that might still be undertaken to extend the significance of past results, evaluate a series of questions and hypotheses defined by the surveys, and help conserve archaeological sites and collections for future study.

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Special Section: Taking Stock of Basin of Mexico Archaeology in The Early Twenty-First Century
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , Spring 2015 , pp. 183 - 196
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