Relic Hunters: Archaeology and the Public in Nineteenth- Century America

ISBN-13: 9780198736271 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 320 str.

James E. Snead

Opis

The first waves of settlers to enter the American heartland came across the remains of the people who had lived there before. Relic Hunters presents some of these stories-how local people responded to the ruins in their midst, collected relics, and explained them to each other.

O autorze

James E. Snead is Professor at California State University, Northridge. He completed his Ph.D. at UCLA in 1995: subsequent writing and research has been supported by numerous institutions and agencies, including the American Museum of Natural History, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the American Antiquarian Society, and the National Science Foundation.