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Professionalism and Performance in Archaeological Organizations: A Disputation of the Incoming Presidential Remarks of Richard E. W. Adams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

David S. Brose*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH 44106

Abstract

As president of the Society for American Archaeology. Richard E. W. Adams chose his Incoming Remarks to challenge other archaeological societies. As past president of the Society of Professional Archeologists. I question some of Adams's recollections and assertions. I reject his implied conclusions and argue that, although limited, SOPA has performed far more successfully than could have been expected. Finally, I suggest that the ideal relationship between the SAA and SOPA is neither competitive nor parasitic, but symbiotic.

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1983

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References Cited

Adams, Richard E. W. 1982 Incoming Presidential Remarks. American Antiquity 47:830832.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Brose, David S. 1982 A Statement from the President. SOPANEWS: The Newsletter of the Society of Professional Archeologists 6(8–9):14.Google Scholar