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The Aborigines of Puerto Rico and Neighboring Islands /

A valuable recounting of the first formal archaeological excavations in Puerto Rico. Originally published as the Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1907, this book was praised in an article in American Anthropologist as d...

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Auteur principal: Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2009.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:A valuable recounting of the first formal archaeological excavations in Puerto Rico. Originally published as the Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1907, this book was praised in an article in American Anthropologist as doing "more than any other to give a comprehensive idea of the archaeology of the West Indies." Until that time, for mainly political reasons, little scientific research had been conducted by Americans on any of the Caribbean islands. Dr. Fewkes' unique skills of observation and experienc
Description:Originally published in 1907 as one of two papers accompanying the 25th annual report of the U.S. Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (329 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780817382490