Land of prehistory, the: a critical history of american archaeology
Auteur :
Kehoe, Alice Beck
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415920551
Date de publication :
27 août 1998
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
570 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.