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James A. Ford and the growth of Americanist archaeology / Michael J. O'Brien and R. Lee Lyman.

Title
James A. Ford and the growth of Americanist archaeology / Michael J. O'Brien and R. Lee Lyman.
Author
O'Brien, Michael J. (Michael John), 1950-
Publication
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c1998.

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Lyman, R. Lee
Description
xx, 377 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"James A. Ford and the Growth of Americanist Archaeology tells the story of Ford's role in the development of culture history, the dominant paradigm in the field from roughly 1914 to 1960. By studying Ford's life and the major part he played in the rise and fall of culture history, authors Michael J. O'Brien and R. Lee Lyman explore the underpinnings of the paradigm." "To understand the state of Americanist archaeology today requires an understanding of what culture history embodies. James A. Ford and the Growth of Americanist Archaeology presents a thorough examination of the culture-history paradigm through a unique biographical approach. Students and scholars of archaeology and the history of archaeology will benefit from this work."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Ford, James Alfred, 1911-1968
  • Indianists > United States > Biography
  • Archaeologists > United States > Biography
  • Indians of North America > Mississippi River Valley > Antiquities
  • Social archaeology > Mississippi River Valley
  • Anthropologists > United States > Biography
  • Mississippi River Valley > Antiquities
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-365) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Culture History in Americanist Archaeology -- Bringing Chronological Order to the Archaeological Record: The Pre-1937 Years -- LSU and Federal Archaeology: 1937-1941 -- Large-Scale Archaeological Surveys: 1942-1951 -- Ford on the Defensive--Types and Diffusion: 1952-1956 -- The Nature of Culture and the American Formative: 1957-1969.
ISBN
0826211844 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^98029781^
OCLC
  • 39354311
  • SCSB-10205099
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library