ISBN:
9780803268425
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 572 S.
,
Ill.. Kt.
Series Statement:
Critical studies in the history of anthropology
DDC:
973.1
Keywords:
Archaeology History
;
Archaeologists Historiography
;
United States Antiquities
;
Nordamerika
;
Archäologie
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue: historicizing the origins of American archaeologyAmerican 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
