Author: Literary and Scientific Society of Madisonville, Ohio
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Category : Hamilton County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Archaeological Explorations by the Literary and Scientific Society of Madisonville, Ohio
Author: Literary and Scientific Society of Madisonville, Ohio
Publisher:
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Category : Hamilton County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hamilton County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Archaeological Explorations by the Literary and Scientific Society of Madisonville, Ohio
Author: Literary and Scientific Society of Madisonville, Ohio
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Category : Hamilton County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Category : Hamilton County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Relic Hunters
Author: James E. Snead
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191055891
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Relic Hunters is a study of the complex relationship between the people of 19th century America with the material antiquities of North America's indigenous past. As scholars struggled to explain their existence, farmers in Ohio were plowing up arrowheads, building their houses atop burial mounds, and developing their own ideas about antiquity. They experienced the new country as a "place with history" reflected in material traces that became important touch points for scientific knowledge, but for American cultural identity as well. Relic Hunters traces the encounter with American antiquities from 1812 to 1879. This encompasses the period when archaeology took root in the United States: it also spans the "deep settlement" of the Midwest and sectional strife both before and after the Civil War. At the center of the story is the first iconic find of American archaeology, known as "the Kentucky Mummy." Discovered deep in a cavern, this dessicated burial became the subject of scholarly competition, traveling exhibitions, and even poetry. The book uses the theme of the Kentucky Mummy to structure the broader story of the public and American antiquities, a tour that leads through rural museums, mound excavations, lecture tours, shady deals, and ultimately into the famous attic of the Smithsonian Institution. Ultimately, Relic Hunters is a story of the American landscape, and of the role of archaeology in shaping that place. Derived from letters, memoranda, and reports found in more than a dozen archives, this is a unique account of a critical encounter that shaped local and national identity in ways that are only now being explored.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191055891
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Relic Hunters is a study of the complex relationship between the people of 19th century America with the material antiquities of North America's indigenous past. As scholars struggled to explain their existence, farmers in Ohio were plowing up arrowheads, building their houses atop burial mounds, and developing their own ideas about antiquity. They experienced the new country as a "place with history" reflected in material traces that became important touch points for scientific knowledge, but for American cultural identity as well. Relic Hunters traces the encounter with American antiquities from 1812 to 1879. This encompasses the period when archaeology took root in the United States: it also spans the "deep settlement" of the Midwest and sectional strife both before and after the Civil War. At the center of the story is the first iconic find of American archaeology, known as "the Kentucky Mummy." Discovered deep in a cavern, this dessicated burial became the subject of scholarly competition, traveling exhibitions, and even poetry. The book uses the theme of the Kentucky Mummy to structure the broader story of the public and American antiquities, a tour that leads through rural museums, mound excavations, lecture tours, shady deals, and ultimately into the famous attic of the Smithsonian Institution. Ultimately, Relic Hunters is a story of the American landscape, and of the role of archaeology in shaping that place. Derived from letters, memoranda, and reports found in more than a dozen archives, this is a unique account of a critical encounter that shaped local and national identity in ways that are only now being explored.
Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio
Author: Earnest Albert Hooton
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 962
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Publisher:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 962
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Bulletin
Author: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
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Category : Catalogs, College
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Category : Catalogs, College
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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The Samuel F. Covington Library of Ohio Valley History
Author: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). Library
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Category : Ohio River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Publisher:
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Category : Ohio River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Ohio Archaeologist
Author:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Union List of Serials in Libraries of the United States and Canada
Author: Gabrielle (Ernits) Malikoff
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Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Publisher:
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Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Author:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Union List of Serials in Libraries of the United States and Canada
Author: Winifred Gregory Gerould
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1596
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliographical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1596
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