Inheriting the past
Subtitle: the making of Arthur C. Parker and indigenous archaeology
By: Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh ; with a foreword by Tracey L. Pierre.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816526550; 9780816526567
Subjects: Parker, Arthur Caswell, -- 1881-1955; Archaeologists -- United States -- Biography; Seneca Indians -- Biography; Anthropologists -- United States -- Biography; Scholars -- United States -- Biography; Indians of North America -- Antiquities; Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation -- United States; Cultural property -- Repatriation -- United States; Ethnoarchaeology -- United States; Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Introduction; title: The moral predicaments of archaeology; title: pt. 2. The roots of ambition; title: At heart I am; title: Then let us spare, at least, their graves; title: pt. 3. The summer of 1903; title: Vast unexplored treasure fields; title: You boys have dreamed; title: pt. 4. The archaeologist Gáwasowaneh; title: It is knowledge, solely, that we are seeking; title: We can't get away from history; title: pt. 5. Conclusion; title: The promise of indigenous archaeologies.