Ancient marbles to American shores
Subtitle: classical archaeology in the United States
By: Stephen L. Dyson.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Classical antiquities.; Archaeology -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Archaeological museums and collections -- United States -- Influence.
Description: In Ancient Marbles to American Shores, Stephen L. Dyson uncovers the history of classical archaeology in the United States by exploring the people and programs that gave birth to archaeology as a discipline in this country. He puts aside the common formula of chronicling great digs, great discoveries, and great men in favor of a cultural, ideological, and institutional history of the subject.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-314) and index.