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The Land of Prehistory: A Critical History of American Archaeology 1st edition
Alice Beck Kehoe
The Land of Prehistory: A Critical History of American Archaeology 1st edition
Alice Beck Kehoe
This volume offers a history of the discipline of archaeology in America. The book reveals the 19th-century century bourgeois value system behind the field, its goals and its current condition. The author argues that American archaeology has been shaped by an ethic of Manifest Destiny.
256 pages, Illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 27, 1998 |
ISBN13 | 9780415920551 |
Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Pages | 304 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 14 mm · 570 g |
Language | English |
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