Open AccessThe History of Stratigraphic Excavation In Latin American Archaeology: A New Look
Author(s) -
Daniel Schávelzon
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
bulletin of the history of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2047-6930
pISSN - 1062-4740
DOI - 10.5334/bha.09202
Subject(s) - stratigraphy , nobody , excavation , archaeology , latin americans , history , archaeology of the americas , geology , paleontology , law , political science , computer science , tectonics , operating system
Allow me to do some history of archaeology. In 1984 and jointlywith Jaime Litvak King we organized a congress that gathered at the UNAM. Mexico, withthe purpose of paying homage to Ignacio Bemal called "The History of Archaeology inMexico". On that occasion my paper raised heated controversies, as it revised theorigins of stratigraphy in Mexico, a country in which the image of Manuel Gamio washighly respected and admired, while William Holmes, in those days, happened to be aperfect nobody