The Future of the Past
Subtitle: Archaeologists, Native Americans and Repatriation
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: February 23, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780815338345
Subjects: American history: pre-Columbian period, BCE to c 1500; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Indigenous peoples; Repatriation; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Archaeological Museums And Collections; Native American Archaeology; Sociology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; USA; Indians of North America; Archaeology; United States - General; Social Science / Archaeology; United States; Anthropology - Cultural; Antiquities; Cultural property; Law and legislation; Material culture
First sentence: At the dawn of the new millennium, American archaeology finds itself at the threshold of a new, more humanistic orientation toward the past.