W.C. McKern and the Midwestern Taxonomic Method /

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This book explains the deep influence of biological methods and theories on the practice of Americanist archaeology by exploring W.C. McKern's use of Linnaean taxonomy as the model for development of a pottery classification system. By the early 20th century, North American archaeologists had f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lyman, R. Lee
Other Authors: O'Brien, Michael J. (Michael John), 1950-, McKern, W. C. (Will Carleton), 1892-1988
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2003.
Series:Classics in southeastern archaeology.
Subjects:
McKern, W. C. > (Will Carleton), > 1892-1988.
McKern, W. C. > (Will Carleton), > 1892-1988
Indians of North America > Middle West > Antiquities > Classification.
Archaeology > Middle West > Methodology.
Archaeology > United States > History.
Archéologie > Midwest (États-Unis) > Méthodologie.
Archéologie > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Antiquities
Archaeology
Archaeology > Methodology
Indians of North America > Antiquities
Middle West > Antiquities.
Middle West
United States
Classification
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Taxonomic classification and biological taxonomy
  • Developing the Midwestern Taxonomic Method, 1930-1935
  • Subsequent developments, 1935-1940
  • Applications, comments, and later proposals
  • The Midwestern Taxonomic Method in light of biological systematics
  • Culture type classification for midwestern North American archaeology / W.C. McKern (1932)
  • A suggested classification of cultures / Carl E. Guthe (1932)
  • Local types and the regional distribution of pottery-bearing cultures / W.C. McKern (1933)
  • The problem of culture classification / W.C. McKern, Thorne Deuel, and Carl E. Guthe (1933)
  • Certain culture classification problems in middle western archaeology / W.C. McKern (1934)
  • Some assumptions and implications of the McKern classification system / Thorne Deuel (1937)
  • Review of Rediscovering Illinois : archaeological explorations in and around Fulton County / W.C. McKern (1938)
  • The McKern and related systems of classification / Thorne Deuel (1939)
  • The Midwestern Taxonomic Method as an aid to archaeological culture study / W.C. McKern (1939)
  • Application of the Midwestern Taxonomic Method / W.C. McKern (1940)
  • Taxonomy and the direct historical approach / W.C. McKern (1942)
  • Regarding midwestern archaeological taxonomy / W.C. McKern (1943)
  • An inaccurate description of Midwestern Taxonomy / W.C. McKern (1944).

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