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Author Barnhart, Terry A., 1952-

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

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology
Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Archaeology -- United States -- History.
Archaeology.
United States.
History.
Archaeologists -- United States -- Historiography.
Archaeologists.
Historiography.
United States -- Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Barnhart, Terry A., 1952- American antiquities 9780803268425 (DLC) 2015002772 (OCoLC)907651123
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