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. 2017 Oct 17;114(42):10999-11002.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1715950114.

Opinion: Fostering synthesis in archaeology to advance science and benefit society

Jeffrey H Altschul  1   2 , Keith W Kintigh  3 , Terry H Klein  2 , William H Doelle  4 , Kelley A Hays-Gilpin  5 , Sarah A Herr  6 , Timothy A Kohler  7   8   9 , Barbara J Mills  10 , Lindsay M Montgomery  10 , Margaret C Nelson  3 , Scott G Ortman  11 , John N Parker  12 , Matthew A Peeples  3 , Jeremy A Sabloff  8
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Opinion: Fostering synthesis in archaeology to advance science and benefit society

Jeffrey H Altschul et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Public support can expand archeological finds and help tell the stories of people and places. Here, archaeological surveyors work in the Western Papaguería of Arizona. After laws protecting archaeological sites were passed in 1966, the number of recorded sites in the region ballooned from 100 to more than 2,000, which allowed researchers to document 10,000 years of human occupation in one of the hottest, driest parts of the United States.
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The Coalition will evaluate and select proposals for funding, while the Center will facilitate working groups and help disseminate results to the scientific community and the public.
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    1. Altschul JH, Patterson TC. Trends in employment and training in American archaeology. In: Ashmore W, Lippert DT, Mills BJ, editors. Voices in American Archaeology. SAA Press; Washington, DC: 2010. pp. 291–316.
    1. Archaeological Institute of America 2013 Poll shows strong public support for archaeology and robust opposition to site looting and artifact smuggling. Available at https://www.archaeological.org/sites/default/files/files/AIA%20Study%20D.... Accessed August 17, 2017.
    1. Altschul JH. The role of synthesis in American archaeology and cultural resource management as seen through an Arizona lens. J Ariz Archaeol. 2016;4:68–81.
    1. Nelson MC, et al. Long-term vulnerability and resilience: Three examples from archaeological study in the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. In: Cooper J, Sheets P, editors. Surviving Sudden Environmental Change: Answers from Archaeology. University of Colorado; Boulder, CO: 2012. pp. 197–221.

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