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According to a recent article published in Science, land abandonment and rural depopulation is accelerating rapidly in the world today. The forces driving it are the same as those driving

A recent article in the Conversation by Chapurukha Kusimba and David Reich, describes a collaborative effort between scientists and descendant communities to examine the origin of the Swahili People. Scholars

When thinking about ideas of synthesis in our understanding of the past, archaeologists often look for ways to build large, interdisciplinary datasets that can connect important pieces of the human

CfAS’ first strategic plan details the Coalition’s vision for archaeological synthesis and lists its objectives for the next 5 years.

The Coalition was busy at last week’s Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon. Thursday morning, we held a meeting for current and potential affiliates to learn more

CfAS Partners and Associates contribute to February Issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice on refining archaeological data collection and management.

In a recent article in the New Yorker, Manvir Singh traces the origin and evolution of the concept of Indigenous from its colonial roots to its present use to cover

The polished surface of SAG45f, a fire-scar sample from Voyageur’s Island in Lake Saganaga. The innermost ring of the sample dates to 1679 and the outer ring to 1989, when the tree was windthrown. Fire scars recorded in the rings of the tree indicate the passing of 10 low-severity fires between 1702 and 1850, after which not another fire was recorded at the site.

The Coalition’s latest project, which integrates settlement, ecological, climatic, and population health data, got underway this past week with a kick-off meeting at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology in