Relic hunters : archaeology and the public in nineteenth-century America /
Relic Hunters is a study of the complex relationship between the people of 19th century America with the material antiquities of North America's indigenous past. As scholars struggled to explain their existence, farmers in Ohio were plowing up arrowheads, building their houses atop burial mound...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford studies in the history of archaeology.
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| Summary: | Relic Hunters is a study of the complex relationship between the people of 19th century America with the material antiquities of North America's indigenous past. As scholars struggled to explain their existence, farmers in Ohio were plowing up arrowheads, building their houses atop burial mounds and developing their own ideas about antiquity. They experienced the new country as a "place with history" reflected in material traces that became important touch points for scientific knowledge, but for American cultural identity as well. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-292) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198736274 9780198736271 |