Ancient Marbles to American Shores : : Classical Archaeology in the United States / / Stephen L. Dyson.

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 discoverie...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©1998
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (326 p.) :; 20 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Prehistory
  • 2. The Creation of Classical Archaeology in America
  • 3. From Amateur to Professional
  • 4. The Formation of the Museum Tradition
  • 5. The Triumph of the Establishment
  • 6. World War II and Its Aftermath
  • Afterword: Archaeology in the 1990s and Beyond
  • Bibliography
  • Index