Southeastern Archaeological Conference records
name: label: Creator
content: Southeastern Archaeological Conference
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
label: Topic
content: Professional associations
creator: label: Creator
content: Southeastern Archaeological Conference
physloc: label: Note
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bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: The Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) was founded in response to the tremendous increase in federally-funded archaeological work in the Southeast during the 1930s. SEAC was created to allow excavators to quickly share new data with each other and to standardize ceramic types. SEAC was originally conceived as a small working conference of individuals actively engaged in the study of Southeastern ceramics. February 1939 saw the publication of the first Southeastern Archaeological Conference Newsletter, edited by William G. Haag, who served as editor until 1960 when he was succeeded by Stephen Williams. The first newsletter contained pottery type definitions from the initial conference. Subsequent meetings were held annually, except for an interruption during World War II. In 1964, the SEAC Newsletter was supplemented by an annual bulletin in which the conference proceedings were published, while less formal contributions were included in the Newsletter. The Bulletin was succeeded in 1982 by the biannual journal Southeastern Archaeology, which has become an outstanding regional journal.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 28.75 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960 - circa 2015
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1993-05
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
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scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Southeastern Archaeological Conference records consist of the files of the organization's elected officers, as well files on annual meetings and publications. The collection also contains sound recordings.

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