Canadian Journal of Archaeology Volume 33, Issue 1
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Articles
Book Reviews/Comptes-rendus
Editors Notes/Notes du rédacteur
In the previous issue, I introduced a new section designed to be a retrospective on the development of archaeology in Canada. The first paper included in this new section of the journal was Jane Kelley’s reminiscence on the important issues being discussed in seminars during her career as a graduate student at Harvard University. The present issue features an article by Ian Dyck in which he reviews the early archaeological research conducted in southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan. He correctly points out that this work is generally ignored in historical accounts of the discipline or derided with “pejorative terms such as antiquarian, pothunter, grave robber, looter, plunderer, racist or myth-maker”. Yet, his careful and meticulous review of the historical documents clearly shows that many of these historical figures were employing state-of-the-art field and laboratory methods to address some of the important research questions of the day. Their efforts deserve to be remembered and their contributions to the development of the discipline need to be acknowledged. The next issue of the journal will include a second instalment by Dyck on later developments in this same area and I can only hope that others will consider making similar contributions to the history and development of archaeology in other regions of Canada.