Inheriting the past : the making of Arthur C. Parker and indigenous archaeology / Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh ; with a foreword by Tracey L. Pierre.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Colwell, Chip (John Stephen), 1975-
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Parker, Arthur C. > (Arthur Caswell), > 1881-1955, > author.
Archaeologists > United States > Biography.
Seneca people > Biography.
Anthropologists > United States > Biography.
Scholars > United States > Biography.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Antiquities.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Repatriation > United States.
Cultural property > Repatriation > United States.
Ethnoarchaeology > United States.
Archaeology > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xxi, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The moral predicaments of archaeology
  • The roots of ambition
  • At heart I am
  • Then let us spare, at least, their graves
  • The summer of 1903
  • Vast unexplored treasure fields
  • You boys have dreamed
  • The archaeologist Gáwasowaneh
  • It is knowledge, solely, that we are seeking
  • We can't get away from history
  • Conclusion
  • The promise of indigenous archaeologies.