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Dam Projects and the Growth of American Archaeology : The River Basin Surveys and the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (319 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611321760
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dam Projects and the Growth of American ArchaeologyDDC classification:
  • 973
LOC classification:
  • CC101.U6 -- .D36 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Growth of American Archaeology -- Part I The National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution -- 2. The National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution: Partners in Salvage Archaeology -- Part II The RBS and IASP Programs -- 3. The Lincoln Office and the Upper Missouri River Basin -- 4. Archaeological "Appraisals" of Twenty Stream Basins in California: Investigations by the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys, 1947-1951 -- 5. The River Basin Surveys in the Columbia Plateau -- 6. Archaeological Salvage at Texas Reservoir Construction Projects: 1945-1969 -- 7. Federal Archaeology in the Southeast -- 8. Contributions of the Washington Office to the Archaeology of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions -- 9. Upper Colorado River Archaeological Salvage Projects -- Part III The RBS and IASP Impacts on American Archaeology -- 10. Contributions to Physical Anthropology by the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys -- 11. Missouri Basin Projects and the Emergence of Historical Archaeology on the Great Plains -- 12. Paleontological Significance of the Missouri River Basin Surveys -- 13. Women in Reservoir Salvage Archaeology -- 14. The Missouri River: The Backbone to Survival -- 15. Flapping Tents, Outhouses, Hail Storms, and Running for Water: An Insider's View of the Life in Interagency Archeological Salvage Program Field Camps, 1950s-1970s -- 16. From RBS to CRM: Late Twentieth-Century Developments in American Archaeology -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: This book examines the profound impacts of the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys and the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program (1945-1969) on the development of American archaeology.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Growth of American Archaeology -- Part I The National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution -- 2. The National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution: Partners in Salvage Archaeology -- Part II The RBS and IASP Programs -- 3. The Lincoln Office and the Upper Missouri River Basin -- 4. Archaeological "Appraisals" of Twenty Stream Basins in California: Investigations by the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys, 1947-1951 -- 5. The River Basin Surveys in the Columbia Plateau -- 6. Archaeological Salvage at Texas Reservoir Construction Projects: 1945-1969 -- 7. Federal Archaeology in the Southeast -- 8. Contributions of the Washington Office to the Archaeology of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions -- 9. Upper Colorado River Archaeological Salvage Projects -- Part III The RBS and IASP Impacts on American Archaeology -- 10. Contributions to Physical Anthropology by the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys -- 11. Missouri Basin Projects and the Emergence of Historical Archaeology on the Great Plains -- 12. Paleontological Significance of the Missouri River Basin Surveys -- 13. Women in Reservoir Salvage Archaeology -- 14. The Missouri River: The Backbone to Survival -- 15. Flapping Tents, Outhouses, Hail Storms, and Running for Water: An Insider's View of the Life in Interagency Archeological Salvage Program Field Camps, 1950s-1970s -- 16. From RBS to CRM: Late Twentieth-Century Developments in American Archaeology -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.

This book examines the profound impacts of the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys and the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program (1945-1969) on the development of American archaeology.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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