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- Title
A CASE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AMNESIA: A CONTEXTUAL BIOGRAPHY OF MONTROVILLE WILSON DICKESON (1810-1882), EARLY AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGIST.
- Authors
Veit, Richard
- Abstract
During the early 19th century Dr. Montroville Wilson Dickeson was one of North America's leading archaeologists . He carried out an extensive program of excavation in the Mississippi Valley and took great pains to popularize archaeology. Despite his considerable accomplishments he has been overlooked by the historians of the field. This paper reviews his archaeological career. The reasons for his current obscurity are also explored.
- Subjects
MISSISSIPPI; DICKESON, Montroville Wilson; ARCHAEOLOGISTS; EXCAVATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; VALLEYS; HISTORIANS
- Publication
Archaeology of Eastern North America, 1997, Vol 25, p97
- ISSN
0360-1021
- Publication type
Article