Andean Past Volume 6 Article 16 2000 The Origins and the First 25 Years (1973-1997) of the Midwestern Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory David L. Browman Washington University, St. Louis,
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[email protected]. THE ORIGINS AND THE FIRST 25 YEARS (1973-1997) OF THE MIDWESTERN CONFERENCE ON ANDEAN AND AMAZONIAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOHISTORY David L. Browman Washington University - St. Louis Conference Origins1 We kicked various ideas around, but no firm solutions were proposed. The idea for the Midwest Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Sol Tax called a number of Americanists Ethnohistory (MWCAAAE) originated from together in Chicago on October 20-22, 1972, to some informal discussions that began in 1972. help him plan the 9th International Congress of The first of these connections occurred at the Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences 37th annual meetings of the Society for Ameri- (ICAES), to be held in August and September can Archaeology (SAA) at Bal Harbour, Flori- of 1973.