Title Setting the agenda for American archaeology : the National Research Council archaeological conferences of 1929, 1932, and 1935 / edited and with an introduction by Michael J. O'Brien and R. Lee Lyman

Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 483 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Classics in southeastern archaeology Classics in southeastern archaeology Contents List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction / Michael J. O'Brien and R. Lee Lyman; 1. Report of the Conference on Midwestern Archaeology, St. Louis, 1929; 2. Conference on Southern Pre-History, Birmingham, 1932; 3. The Indianapolis Archaeological Conference, 1935; Appendix 1. State Archaeological Surveys: Suggestions in Method and Technique; Appendix 2. Guide Leaflet for Amateur Archaeologists; Index Summary A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication This collection elucidates the key role played by the National Research Council seminars, reports, and pamphlets in setting an agenda that has guided American archaeology in the 20th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, the fascination that Americans had for the continent's prehistoric past was leading to a widespread and general destruction of archaeological evidence. In a drive toward the commercialization of antiquities, amateur collectors and ""pot hunters"" pillaged premier and lesser-known sites before the ar Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on State Archaeological Surveys. SUBJECT National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on State Archaeological Surveys fast Subject Archaeology -- Research -- United States -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. Archaeology -- Research Archäologie Forschung United States USA Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author O'Brien, Michael J. (Michael John), 1950- Lyman, R. Lee ISBN 9780817313531 0817313532

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