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The Society for American Archaeology's ‘Teaching archaeology in the 21st century’ initiative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

George S. Smith  and
Susan J. Bender
George S. Smith
Affiliation:
Southeast Archeological Center, 2035 East Paul Dirac Drive Box 7, Johnson Building Suite 120, Tallahassee FL 32310, USA, gsmith@seac.fsu.edu
Susan J. Bender
Affiliation:
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY 12866, USA, sbender@skidmore.edu
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Abstract

Stewardship, diverse pasts, social relevance, ethics and values, written and oral communication, basic archaeological skills and real world problem solving — these issues are at the very core of archaeology as an evolving, dynamic discipline, in order to understand, interpret, manage, and protect the past. The profession and the people who practice it, in all its diverse applications, are and have been influenced by shifting paradigms and changing levels of understanding. We now use, every day, terms and technology that did not exist just a few years ago, in a constantly changing discipline.

Keywords

curriculum reformarchaeological principlesarchaeological competenciesSociety for American Archaeology

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Type
Special section: Archaeology in education
Information
Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 283 , March 2000 , pp. 186 - 189
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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