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Susan Kent and the Relevance of Anthropological Archaeology
Author(s) -
Sabloff Jeremy A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
archeological papers of the american anthropological association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.783
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1551-8248
pISSN - 1551-823X
DOI - 10.1525/ap3a.2006.16.1.151
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , field (mathematics) , archaeology , anthropology , history , sociology , political science , law , mathematics , pure mathematics
One of Susan Kent's greatest legacies was her commitment to make archaeologists and their field relevant to the modern world. This chapter briefly examines the importance of a discipline that is concerned as much with the present and the future as it is with the past and examines the role Susan Kent's work played in advancing such a vision.