Sins of the shovel : looting, murder, and the evolution of American archaeology /

Rachel Morgan's frank and incisive history begins with Richard Wetherill's "discovery" of Mesa Verde in Colorado in 1888. Subsequent expeditions by amateurs, looters and budding professional archaeologists abetted the devastation of Indigenous sites throughout the Southwest. Thes...

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Main Author:	Morgan, Rachel (Archaeologist) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2023].
Subjects:	Excavations (Archaeology) > United States. Indians of North America > Antiquities. United States > Antiquities.