New Perspectives on the Origins of Americanist Archaeology

by Browman, David L.; Gordon R. Willey Biennial Symposium on the History of Archaeology 1998; Williams, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780817311285
• ISBN10: 0817311289
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-19
• Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr

Summary

In this landmark book, experienced scholars take a retrospective look at the developing routes that have brought American archaeologists into the 21st century. In 1996, the Society for American Archaeology's Committee on the History of Archaeology established a biennial symposium named after Gordon R. Willey, one of the fathers of American archaeology, to focus on the history of the discipline. This volume grew out of the second symposium, presented at the 1998 meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Interest in the intellectual history of the field is certainly nothing new-the first such volume appeared in 1856-but previously, focus has been on individuals and their theories and methods, or on various government agencies that supported, developed, or mandated excavations in North America. This volume, however, focuses on the roots of Americanist archaeology, including its pre-1915 European connections, and on some of the earliest work by women archaeologists, which has been largely overlooked. Full of valuable insights for archaeologists and anthropologists-both professional and amateur-into the history and development of Americanist archaeology, New Perspectives will also inspire and serve as a model for future research. David Browman is Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Interdisciplinary Program in Archaeology at Washington University. Stephen Williams is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Harvard University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(9)
David L. Browman
Stephen Williams
The Strait of Anian: A Pathway to the New World	10	(20)
Stephen Williams
``From Whence Came Those Aboriginal Inhabitants of America?'' A.D. 1500--1800	30	(30)
Stephen Williams
Roots of the Walam Olum: Constantine Samuel Rafinesque and the Intellectual Heritage of the Early Nineteenth Century	60	(27)
David M. Oestreicher
Toward a Science of Man: European Influences on the Archaeology of Ephraim George Squier	87	(30)
Terry A. Barnhart
Charles Rau: Developments in the Career of a Nineteenth-Century German-American Archaeologist	117	(16)
John E. Kelly
Europe's Prehistoric Dawn Reproduced: Daniel Wilson's Magisterial Archaeology	133	(15)
Alice B. Kehoe
Maine Shell Midden Archaeology (1860-1910) and the Influence of Adolphe von Morlot	148	(16)
Bruce J. Bourque
Frances Eliza Babbitt and the Growth of Professionalism of Women in Archaeology	164	(21)
Hilary Lynn Chester
Henry Chapman Mercer: Archaeologist and Cultural Historian	185	(24)
David L. Browman
Frederic Ward Putnam: Contributions to the Development of Archaeological Institutions and Encouragement of Women Practitioners	209	(33)
David L. Browman
Origins of Stratigraphic Excavation in North America: The Peabody Museum Method and the Chicago Method	242	(23)
David L. Browman
George Grant MacCurdy: An American Pioneer of Palaeoanthropology	265	(22)
Harvey M. Bricker
Notes	287	(20)
References	307	(60)
Contributors	367	(2)
Index	369