American Antiquities: Revisiting the Origins of American Archaeology

by Terry A. Barnhart

Writing the history of American archaeology, especially concerning eighteenth- and nineteenth-century arguments, is not always as straightforward as it might seem. Archaeology's trajectory from an avocation to a semi-profession to a specialized profession, rather than being a linear progression, was an untidy organic process that emerged from the intellectual tradition of antiquarianism. It then closely allied itself with the natural sciences throughout...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803268424
• ISBN13: 9780803268425
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 594 Pages
• Weight: 2.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"