TY  - GEN
T1  - Setting the agenda for American archaeology : the National Research Council archaeological conferences of 1929, 1932, and 1935
T2  - Classics in southeastern archaeology.
A2  - O'Brien, Michael J. (Michael John), 1950-
A2  - Lyman, R. Lee
LA  - English
PP  - Tuscaloosa
PB  - University of Alabama Press
YR  - 2001
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn772460338
AB  - A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication This collection elucidates the key role played by the National Research Council seminars, reports, and pamphlets in setting an agenda that has guided American archaeology in the 20th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, the fascination that Americans had for the continent's prehistoric past was leading to a widespread and general destruction of archaeological evidence. In a drive toward the commercialization of antiquities, amateur collectors and ""pot hunters"" pillaged premier and lesser-known sites before the ar
OP  - 483
CN  - CC95 .S48 2001eb
SN  - 9780817313531
SN  - 0817313532
SN  - 0817310843
SN  - 9780817310844
KW  - National Research Council (U.S.). : Committee on State Archaeological Surveys.
KW  - National Research Council (U.S.). : Committee on State Archaeological Surveys
KW  - Archaeology : Research : United States : History : 20th century.
KW  - Archéologie : Recherche : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Archaeology.
KW  - Archaeology : Research
KW  - United States
KW  - Archäologie
KW  - Forschung
KW  - USA
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - Geschichte 1920-1990.
KW  - History
ER  -