Misadventures in Archaeology : The Life and Career of Charles Conrad Abbott /

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A comprehensive portrait of the controversial self-taught archaeologist C. C. Abbott.In the late nineteenth century, Charles Conrad Abbott, a medical doctor and self-taught archaeologist, gained notoriety for his theories on early humans. He believed in an American Paleolithic, represented by an ear...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Dillian, Carolyn D. (Autor), Bello, Charles A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
Temas:
Archaeologists > United States > Biography.
Archaeology > United States > History.
Naturalists > United States > Biography.
Anthropology.
Archaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark.
American Paleolithic.
Burlington Island.
Middle Woodland.
New World.
Peabody Museum.
Penn Museum.
Smithsonian.
Three Beeches.
Trenton gravels.
William Henry Holmes.
self-taught archaeologist.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Charles Conrad Abbott and the Birth of Professional Archaeology
  • 2. The Move to Three Beeches and the History of the Abbott Farm
  • 3. Frederic Ward Putnam and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
  • 4. Champion of the American Paleolithic
  • 5. Debunking the American Paleolithic
  • 6. The Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • 7. Abbott the Naturalist
  • 8. Burlington Island and Historical Archaeology
  • 9. The Princeton Years
  • 10. Abbott's Autumn Years
  • 11. Abbott's Legacy
  • Acknowledgments
  • References

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