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The Implications of a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in American Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Gifford S. Nickerson
Gifford S. Nickerson*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and AnthropologyNorth Carolina State University
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Abstract

The future of American archaeology continues to be threatened by the destruction of sites by pot-hunters. Furthermore, there is no clear indication that relief is in sight, either by way of a reduction of pot-hunting or a concerted attack on the problem by archaeologists. Since a fatalistic attitude toward pot-hunters appears to have been, up to now, a self-fulfilling prophecy, McGimsey"s recent comments on the necessity of influencing public opinion and working for appropriate legislation are seen as both timely and critical for the future of American archaeology.

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American Antiquity , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , October 1972 , pp. 551 - 553
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1972

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