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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828253403321

Autore

Barnhart Terry A. <1952->

Titolo

American antiquities : revisiting the origins of American archaeology / / Terry A. Barnhart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8032-8429-2

0-8032-8431-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (595 p.)

Collana

Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology

Disciplina

973.1

Soggetti

Archaeology - United States - History

Archaeologists - United States - Historiography

United States Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.