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Observations on the Present Status and Problems of Middle American Archaeology, Part I134

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

J. Alden Mason
J. Alden Mason*
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University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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The archaeological knowledge of practically every large area suffers from unevenness. The lure of the spectacular and the overemphasis on the higher aspects result in concentration of interests on a few regions, while other parts remain practically unknown scientifically. In few regions is this more true than in Middle America. To the average person without special interests all Mexican archaeological phenomena are Aztec, just as all South American ones are Inca. Even many sites in the United States have been popularly ascribed to the Aztecs, as for instance the site of Aztec in New Mexico and Aztalan in Wisconsin. Contritely we must confess that similarly some professional archaeologists seem to see little in Middle America but the Maya and their influences.

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American Antiquity , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , January 1938 , pp. 206 - 223
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1938

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134

In two parts, the second to appear in the following (April) number.

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