Brigham Young University. Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Administrative History
The Department of Archaeology and Anthropology (1965-1980) was an administrative unit at Brigham Young University.
The Department of Archaeology and Anthropology was created in 1965 when the Department of Sociology and Anthropology split and the anthropology program merged with the Department of Archaeology. The department taught students the fundamentals of anthropology, focusing on living human societies and their particularities, and archaeology, concentrated on understanding previous civilizations based on their material artifacts. Department chairs were Ross T. Christensen (1965-1968), Merlin G. Myers (1968-1979), and John L. Sorenson (1979-1980). In 1980 it was renamed to the Department of Anthropology.
Citation:
BYU Organizational History Project, via WWW, March 30, 2018 (Brigham Young University. Dept. of Anthropology and Archaeology; created in 1965 when the Department of Sociology and Anthropology split and the anthropology program merged with the Department of Archaeology; In 1980 renamed the Department of Anthropology; Ross T. Christensen (1965-1968), Merlin G. Myers (1968-1979), and John L. Sorenson (1979-1980); The department had as goal to teach students the fundamentals of anthropology and archaeology, anthropology focusing on living human societies and their particularities, while archaeology concentrated on understanding previous civilizations based on their material artifacts)Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Ross T. Christensen papers
Department of Anthropology records
Contains administrative records from Brigham Young University’s Department of Anthropology including correspondence of the department, correspondence of the department chairman, faculty records, student records and various other administrative records pertaining to the department from 1941-1978. Also contains twenty-one reels of film of excavations from Ray T. Matheny, of the Department of Anthropology, from approximately 1980-1990, including work in Mexico.
A historical sketch of the Department of Archaeology of Brigham Young University
Society for Early Historic Archaeology programs
Contains programs from annual symposiums of the Society for Early Historic Archaeology (SEHA) in 1985, 1986, and 1988 which were held in the J. Reuben Clark Law Building at BYU. Also included are SEHA envelopes.