American antiquities : revisiting the origins of American archaeology
| 1. Verfasser: |
Barnhart, Terry A., 1952-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
2015.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xviii, 572 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Critical studies in the history of anthropology
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| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 1 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Prologue: historicizing the origins of American archaeology
- American antiquities: a grand theme for speculation
- Rediscovering the mounds: scientific enquiry and the westward movement
- Antiquaries, ideas, and institutions: more testimony from the mounds
- A dialectical discourse: constructing the mound builder paradigm
- American archaeology: an infant science emerges
- Origin, era, and region: an expanding field of archaeological enquiry
- Archaeology as anthropology: the coming of the curators and professors.
