Scientific archaeology in central North America : the life and work of W.B. Nickerson (1865 1926) /

"William Baker Nickerson was among the first in North America to receive formal training in archaeology. He investigated sites from New England to the Midwest and into the Canadian Prairies. In the course of exploration, he created an elegant and detailed record of discoveries and developed met...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dyck, Ian G (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Museum of History and University of Ottawa Press, 2016.
Colección:Mercury series.
Archaeology paper (Canadian Museum of History) ; 177.
Temas:
Nickerson, W. B. > (William Baker), > 1865-1926.
Nickerson, W. B. > (William Baker), > 1865-1926
Archaeologists > United States > Biography.
Archaeology > Fieldwork > United States.
Archaeology > Fieldwork > Canada.
Archaeology > Methodology > History.
Archéologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Archéologie > Recherche sur le terrain > États-Unis.
Archéologie > Recherche sur le terrain > Canada.
Archéologie > Méthodologie > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Antiquities
Archaeologists
Archaeology > Fieldwork
Archaeology > Methodology
United States > Antiquities.
Canada > Antiquities.
États-Unis > Antiquités.
Canada
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Family background and education
  • 2. Archaeology and its intellectual context, 1790 to 1890
  • 3. Field work in Illinois and Ohio, 1884-1885
  • 4. Life in Michigan with a little archaeology, 1886-1893
  • 5. First five years in Northwestern Illinois, 1893-1898
  • 6. Second stretch in Northwest Illinois, 1898-1902
  • 7. Life in Chicago, 1902-1909
  • 8. Life in Kidder, 1909-1912
  • 9. Dreams of full-time archaeology, 1912-1913
  • Two commissions and an old obligation, 1913-1914
  • 11. Sourisford and Snowflake, 1914-1915
  • 12. Valleys of the Assiniboine, Little Saskatchewan, and Whitemud Rivers, 1915-1916
  • 13. Cambria Village and Judson Mound, 1916-1917
  • 14. One career ends, the other fades, 1917-1922
  • 15. It was always archaeology
  • Epilogue
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices: Reports from the field.

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