Title Philadelphia and the development of Americanist archaeology / edited by Don D. Fowler and David R. Wilcox

Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 246 pages) : illustrations Contents Drab doves take flight : the dilemmas of earl Americanist archaelogy in Philadelphia / Curtis M. Hinsley -- Toward concensus on the scope of archaeology : Daniel Garrison Brinton and the view from Philadelphia / Regna Darnell -- Unsung visionary : Sara Yorke Stevenson and the development of archaeology in Philadelphia / Elin C. Danien and Elinor M. King -- In the heat of controversy : C.C. Abott, the American Paleolithic, and the University Museum / David J. Meltzer -- Restoring authenticity : Judging Frank Hamilton Cushing's veracity / David R. Wilcox -- Clarence Bloomfield Moore : a Philadelphia archaeologist in the southeastern United States / Lawrence E. Aten and Jerald T. Milanich -- Lucy L.W. Wilson, Ph. D. : an eastern educator and the southwestern Pueblos / Frances Joan Mathien -- The second largest city in the English-speaking world : John L. Cotter and the historical archaelogy of Philadelphia / Robert L. Schuyler -- Archaeology, Philadelphia, and understanding nine-teenth century American culture / Steven Conn -- Philarivarium / Alice Beck Keyhoe Summary For two and a half centuries, Philadelphians have been actively involved in archaeological research. In particular, three vital and venerable cultural institutionsthe 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, Euroamericans, spread Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-230) 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 University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology -- History University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology -- Histoire. Anthropology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Congresses Archaeology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- Congresses Archaeologists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography -- Congresses Archaeology -- United States -- History -- Congresses Indians of North America -- Antiquities -- Congresses HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) Anthropology Antiquities Archaeologists Archaeology Indians of North America -- Antiquities Intellectual life Indiens -- Amérique du Nord -- Antiquités. Archéologie -- Philadelphie (Pa.) -- Histoire. Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Intellectual life -- Congresses United States -- Antiquities -- Congresses Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia United States Philadelphie (Pa.) -- Vie intellectuelle. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings History Form Electronic book Author Fowler, Don D., 1936- Wilcox, David R., 1944- Gordon R. Willey Symposium on the History of American Archaeology (3rd : 2000 : Philadelphia, Pa.) LC no. 2003001149 ISBN 9780817384630 0817384634 0817313117 9780817313111

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