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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Brien, Michael J. (Michael John), 1950-

Lyman, R. Lee.

Series:

Classics in southeastern archaeology.

Classics in southeastern archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on State Archaeological Surveys.

National Research Council (U.S.).

Archaeology--Research--United States--History--20th century.

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (503 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

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 1920's and 1930's, 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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-1353-2

OCLC:

817893344