Open AccessA Short History of the Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
Author(s) -
Douglas R. Givens
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
bulletin of the history of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2047-6930
pISSN - 1062-4740
DOI - 10.5334/bha.12202
Subject(s) - visitor pattern , archaeology , archaeology of the americas , audience measurement , history , american history , post medieval archaeology , state (computer science) , ancient history , law , political science , algorithm , computer science , programming language
As my tenure as Editor of the Bulletin ofthe History of Archaeology(BHA) draws to a close (31 December 2002),I think it useful to the readership that Iprovide a very brief history of the BRA covering its inception, early years, and myaspirations for its future. The BHA was just a passing idea in my mind in 1990 when Iorganized an Advanced Seminar held at the School of American Search (SAR) in SantaFe,New Mexico (14-18 July 1990), concerning the then current state of writing thehistory of archaeology for the Society for American Archaeology's Committee ontheHistory.of Archaeology. To a great degree the SAR advanced seminar grew out of aseminal gathering (Visitor Scholar's Conference) that Andrew Christenson had puttogether in 1987 at Southern Ilinois University at Carbondaie,Dlinois - a gathering ofthose working in the history of archaeology