Bone rooms : from scientific racism to human prehistory in museums /

This book explores human remains as objects for research and display in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Influenced by early skull collectors such as Samuel George Morton, zealous scientists at museums in the United States established human skeletal collections. Museums such as the...

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Main Author:	Redman, Samuel J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Subjects:	Human remains (Archaeology) > United States. Archaeological museums and collections > United States > History > 19th century. Archaeological museums and collections > United States > History > 20th century. Archaeology > United States > History. Racism in anthropology > United States > History.

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Call Number:		CC79.5.H85 R43 2016

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