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Professionalism in Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Hester A. Davis
Hester A. Davis*
Affiliation:
Arkansas Archeological Survey, P.O. Box 1249, Fayetteville, AR 72702
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Abstract

The recognition of archaeology as a profession requires a certain amount and kind of commitment on the part of those who would call themselves professional archaeologists. The Society of Professional Archeologists was formed to provide the mechanism for that recognition by both archaeologists and others and to provide the support for professionalism in the practice of archaeology.

The lone-wolf scholar, free to set personal and professional responsibilities . . . may be out of date.

—Raab et al. (1980:548)

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American Antiquity , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , January 1982, pp. 158 - 163
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1982

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