Paradigms of the Past, The Story of Missouri Archaeology
Entry/Object ID
L2012.21.102
Description
Paradigms of the Past, The Story of Missouri Archaeology. A history of archaeology in Missouri and examination of the development of Americanist archaeology in general. Describes how amateurs and trained archaeologists examine artifacts and sites and how the views of the past changed over the last 150 years. Missouri sites played a role in the debate over whether mound builders were a separate race. This coupled with the discovery of a prehistoric mastadon carving made Missouri a prominent in developing method and theory.
Included are archaeological figures such as Albert Koch, Carl Chapman, Gerard Fowke.
561/Softbound/Illustrations/Photographs.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Antiquities
Search Terms
Excavations, Graham Cave, Native American, Missouri Archaeology
