The Society for American Archaeology's 'Teaching archaeology in the 21st century' initiative

Based on the various efforts to examine archaeology and prepare ourselves, and our students, for the 21st century, we are at a point where we must collectively decide where the profession is heading and chart that course into the new millennium and beyond. What has been discussed may sound, to some, as only an issue for those practising archaeology in the governmental and private sectors. Nothing could be further from the truth. The very nature of the public financing of all but a very minute segment of archaeology, our responsibilities to the archaeological resource base and the public and the need to educate and train students in all aspects of the discipline while they are still at the academy, requires the dedication and participation of all practising archaeologists and students.