The Land of Prehistory: A Critical History of American Archaeology

The Land of Prehistory: A Critical History of American Archaeology

by Alice Beck Kehoe (Author)

Synopsis

This volume offers a history of the discipline of archaeology in America. The book reveals the 19th-century century bourgeois value system behind the field, its goals and its current condition. The author argues that American archaeology has been shaped by an ethic of Manifest Destiny.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 306
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 24 Sep 1998

ISBN 10: 0415920558
ISBN 13: 9780415920551