Archaeological Research Facility

The three papers included in the symposium on the antiquity of man in California were presented before the Southwestern Anthropological Association in the Fall of 1951, The writing of this introduction and editing these papers has been one of the pleasanter aspects of my role as president of the Association. In this symposium there were brought together three of the outstanding scholars of California and inter-mountain pre-history. Bringing as they do a variety of background and special interests and techniques to a common problem, they serve to highlight the present state of knowledge of this particular aspect of anthropology, and to point toward future needs and expectations.