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Online-Ressource (271 p.)
ISBN:
9780817313111
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For two and a half centuries, Philadelphians have been actively involved in archaeological research. In particular, three vital and venerable cultural institutions—the American Philosophical Society (founded 1743), the Academy of Natural Sciences (founded 1812), and the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (founded 1893)—have nurtured the "systematic study of antiquities." The ten essays in this volume focus on Philadelphians who were concerned with Americanist archaeology, or the "archaeology of the New World." As Europeans, and later, Euroame
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Jeremy A. Sabloff; Introduction by Don D. Fowler and David R. Wilcox; 1. Drab Doves Take Flight: The Dilemmas of Early Americanist Archaeology in Philadelphia, 1889-1900 by Curtis M. Hinsley; 2. Toward Consensus on the Scope of Anthropology: Daniel Garrison Brinton and the View from Philadelphia by Regna Darnell; 3. Unsung Visionary: Sara Yoke Stevenson and the Development of Archaeology in Philadelphia by Elin C. Danien and Eleanor M. King
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4. In the Heat of Controversy: C.C. Abbott, the American Paleolithic, and the University Museum, 1889-1893 by David J. Meltzer5. Restoring Authenticity: Judging Frank Hamilton Cushing's Veracity by David R. Wilcox; 6. Clarence Bloomfield Moore: A Philadelphia Archaeologist in the Southeastern United States by Lawrence E. Aten and Jerald T. Milanich; 7. Lucy L. Wilson, Ph.D.: An Eastern Educator and the Southwestern Pueblos by Frances Joan Mathien
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8. The Second Largest City in the English-Speaking World: John L. Cotter and the Historical Archaeology of Philadelphia, 1960-1999 by Robert L. Schuyler9. Archaeology, Philadelphia, and Understanding Nineteenth-Century American Culture by Steven Conn; 10. Philarivalium by Alice Beck Kehoe; Appendix; References; Contributors; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817384630
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817313111
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Philadelphia and the Development of Americanist Archaeology
Language:
English
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