Annual Meeting

The practice of cultural resource management as a professional discipline in New Mexico has significantly changed over the course of the last 30-some years thanks to the adoption of new legal and ethical frameworks alongside changing commercial and governmental priorities. Likewise, archaeological research in New Mexico has benefited over the same time period from the development of new analytical techniques, accessibility of data, and collaboration with descendent communities. Rapid shifts in the current legal and regulatory landscape seem like they will require further adaptation by the discipline. This conference provides an outlet for various members of the New Mexico archaeological community to discuss how the practice of New Mexico archaeology may continue to change and adapt in the near and mid-term future: this might include discussions of programs or paradigm shifts already in progress, or of potentials that have not yet been set in motion. Participants may discuss higher-order theoretical concerns, or changing regulatory and commercial landscapes, or they may address smaller-scale research programs or hot-button issues in the discipline and practice of archaeology in New Mexico.