I do not believe that the Southeast is the least known archaeological. It
is probably only second to the southwest as the best known area of the nation.
I was amazed that you felt the central part of the country (Plains) to be
better known. A lot of archarchaeology started there as the result of the
River Basin Surveys in the 1930s, but have they yet to agree on a standard
chronology and terminology? Since that is an area of present day emmigration, not
as much CRM is called for. What about the Pacific Northwest? There the
climate and vegetation work against archaeology. It is buried deep or has dense
ground cover.
Sticking strictly to historical archaeology, how about all the colonial and
Civil War reseaerch in the Southeast? If you are from that area, you are
truly blessed with the wealth of data.
Bob Hoover
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