Archaeology and the Image of the American Indian
Archaeologists have treated American native peoples in a detached and somewhat pejorative fashion. In an attempt to explain this treatment, the development of American archaeology is examined in relation to changing views of native peoples that archaeologists have held. In the nineteenth century, na...
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crcambridgeupr:10.2307/280140 2024-05-19T07:39:48+00:00 Archaeology and the Image of the American Indian Trigger, Bruce G. 1980 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/280140 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0002731600076848 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms American Antiquity volume 45, issue 4, page 662-676 ISSN 0002-7316 2325-5064 journal-article 1980 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.2307/280140 2024-05-02T06:50:52Z Archaeologists have treated American native peoples in a detached and somewhat pejorative fashion. In an attempt to explain this treatment, the development of American archaeology is examined in relation to changing views of native peoples that archaeologists have held. In the nineteenth century, native peoples were regarded as unprogressive savages, a view reflected in the "Mound Builder" myth, which held that the spectacular earthworks which were then the object of considerable antiquarian interest were the work of non-Indians. In the first half of the twentieth century, given a declining interest in the functional interpretation of archaeological data and a loosening of ties with ethnography, there was even less concern with native peoples. The New Archaeology continues to treat native peoples as objects rather than subjects of research. It is suggested that greater concern with Indian and Eskimo history might help to correct this. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Cambridge University Press American Antiquity 45 4 662 676 |
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Archaeologists have treated American native peoples in a detached and somewhat pejorative fashion. In an attempt to explain this treatment, the development of American archaeology is examined in relation to changing views of native peoples that archaeologists have held. In the nineteenth century, native peoples were regarded as unprogressive savages, a view reflected in the "Mound Builder" myth, which held that the spectacular earthworks which were then the object of considerable antiquarian interest were the work of non-Indians. In the first half of the twentieth century, given a declining interest in the functional interpretation of archaeological data and a loosening of ties with ethnography, there was even less concern with native peoples. The New Archaeology continues to treat native peoples as objects rather than subjects of research. It is suggested that greater concern with Indian and Eskimo history might help to correct this. |
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