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Archaeologia Americana: Transactions And Collections Of The American Antiquarian Society (Volume Iv)

Archaeologia Americana: Transactions And Collections Of The American Antiquarian Society (Volume Iv)

Antiquarian Society, American

Paperback

LinguisticsArchaeologyGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9354440762
ISBN13: 9789354440762
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 17 2021
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.87
Height: 0.76 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Unearth the documentary bedrock of early colonial North America in a landmark volume of American Antiquarian Society transactions. Archaeologia Americana, Volume IV gathers meticulous essays, reports, and transcriptions that illuminate early 19th century America, from colonial New England history to the deep time of Native American antiquities research. The past feels startlingly close. Drawing on rare manuscripts and early American history documents, this historical primary source collection moves between field observation, philology, and antiquarian detective work, offering an indispensable window onto indigenous languages and cultures, missionary encounters, and the first organised early American archaeology studies. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, Archaeologia Americana: Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society stands at the crossroads of history, archaeology, and ethnology, standing alongside the classic Smithsonian ethnological studies that followed. For archaeology researchers, historians, and interested general readers, it serves as both a reference book for historians and a vivid chronicle of how early scholars tried to understand the continent's ancient past. You encounter voices from early colonial North America reflecting on artefacts, earthworks, traditions, and texts that were already at risk of being lost. Restored for today's and future generations, this Alpha Editions reissue is more than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Prepared with respect for the integrity of the original, it invites students, researchers, and lovers of early American scholarship to rediscover a foundational contribution to Native American antiquities research and the long, ongoing conversation about America's past.

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