American antiquities : revisiting the origins of American archaeology / Terry A. Barnhart.
| Author/creator | Barnhart, Terry A., 1952- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015. |
| Description | xviii, 572 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-560) and index. |
| LCCN | 2015002772 |
| ISBN | 9780803268425 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0803268424 (cloth : alk. paper) |