Ruins and rivals
Subtitle: the making of Southwest archaeology
By: James E. Snead.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities; Archaeology -- Southwest, New -- History; Southwest, New -- Antiquities
Description: "In Ruins and Rivals, James Snead helps us understand the historical development of archaeology in the Southwest from the 1890s to the 1920s and its relationship with the popular conception of the region. He examines two major research traditions: expeditions dispatched from the major eastern museums and those supported by archaeological societies based in the Southwest itself.

By comparing the projects of New York's American Museum of Natural History with those of the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles and the Santa Fe-based School of American Archaeology, he illustrates how competition for status and prestige shaped the way that archaeological remains were explored and interpreted. The decades-long competition between institutions and their advocates ultimately created an agenda for Southwest archaeology that has survived into modern times."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: Relic hunters and museum men : Southwest archaeology in the late nineteenth century; title: Fires of jealousy and spite : the Hyde Exploring Expedition and its competitors; title: The "western idea" : regional agendas and Southwest archaeology; title: Archaeology as anthropology : the Huntington Southwest Survey; title: Archaeology as heritage : the Pajarito summer sessions; title: Conclusion : the making of Southwest archaeology.