This book examines the profound impacts of the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys and the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program (1945-1969) on the development of American archaeology.

Kimball M Banks, Jon S Czaplicki

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Growth of American Archaeology, Kimball M. Banks, Jon S. Czaplicki; Part THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION; Chapter 2 The National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution: Part ners in Salvage Archaeology, Thomas D. Thiessen, Deborah Hull-Walski, Lynn M. Snyder; Part II THE RBS AND IASP PROGRAMS; Chapter 3 The Lincoln Office and the Upper Missouri River Basin, W. Raymond Wood; Chapter 4 Archaeological Appraisals of Twenty Stream Basins in California: Investigations by the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys, 1947-1951, Michael J. Moratto, Francis A. Riddell; Chapter 5 The River Basin Surveys in the Columbia plateau, R. Lee Lyman; Chapter 6 Archaeological Salvage at Texas Reservoir Construction Projects: 1945-1969, Edward B. Jelks; Chapter 7 Federal Archaeology in the Southeast, Richard A. Krause; Chapter 8 Contributions of the Washington Office to the Archaeology of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions, Susan C. Prezzano; Chapter 9 Upper Colorado River Archaeological Salvage Projects, Don D. Fowler; Part III THE RBS AND IASP IMPACTS ON AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY; Chapter 10 Contributions to Physical Anthropology by the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys, Vanessa A. Mirro; Chapter 11 Missouri Basin Projects and the Emergence of Historical Archaeology on the Great Plains, William B. Lees; Chapter 12 Paleontological Significance of the Missouri River Basin Surveys, John W. Hoganson; Chapter 13 Women in Reservoir Salvage Archaeology, Ruthann Knudson; Chapter 14 The Missouri River: The Backbone to Survival, Gerard Baker, Yellow Wolf; Chapter 15 Flapping Tents, Outhouses, Hail Storms, and Running for Water: An Insider's View of Life in Interagency Archeological Salvage Program Field Camps, 1950s-1970s, David Mayer Gradwohl; Chapter 16 From RBS to CRM: Late Twentieth-Century Developments in American Archaeology, Francis P. McManamon;