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

Author/creator Barnhart, Terry A., 1952-
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
Descriptionxviii, 572 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Critical studies in the history of anthropology
Critical studies in the history of anthropology. ^A561801
Contents List of illustrations -- Series editors' introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Historicizing the origins of American archaeology -- 1. American antiquities : a grand theme for speculation -- 2. Rediscovering the Mounds : scientific enquiry and the Westward movement -- 3. Antiquaries, ideas, and institutions : more testimony from the Mounds -- 4. A dialectical discourse : constructing the Mound Builder paradigm -- 5. American archaeology : an infant science emerges -- 6. Origin, era, and region : an expanding field of archaeological enquiry -- 7. Archaeology as anthropology : the coming of the curators and professors.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 477-560) and index.
LCCN 2015002772
ISBN9780803268425 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0803268424 (cloth : alk. paper)

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