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The Potential of AFDC Manpower for Archaeological Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Edward V. McMichael*
Affiliation:
West Virginia Geological Survey, Morgantown, West Virginia

Abstract

Public Law 87-543 passed by Congress in 1962 provides a five-year program called Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). This is very similar to the PWA-WPA programs of the 1930's. Since 1961, when this was a pilot program, small AFDC crews have been used in West Virginia to excavate archaeological sites. Other archaeologists with a labor problem may want to investigate this potential source of manpower.

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1964

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