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The life and work of W.B. Nickerson (1865-1926) : scientific archaeology in central North America
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"William Baker Nickerson was among the first in North America to receive formal training in archaeology. He investigated sites from New England to the Midwest and into the Canadian Prairies. In the...
"William Baker Nickerson was among the first in North America to receive formal training in archaeology. He investigated sites from New England to the Midwest and into the Canadian Prairies. In the course of exploration, he created an elegant and detailed record of discoveries and developed methods which later archeologists recognized as being ahead of their time. His life story spans the transition of North American archaeology from museums and historical societies to universities, throwing light on a phase of history that is little known."--
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- Creator
- Ian Dyck
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Museum of History and University of Ottawa Press, 2016
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- 1 online resource
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- ISBNs
- 9780776623894, 0776623893, 9780776623887
- OCLC
- on1035240618
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction -- 1. Family background and education - 2. Archaeology and its intellectual context, 1790 to 1890 - 3. Field work in Illinois and Ohio, 1884-1885 - 4. Life in Michigan with a little archaeology, 1886-1893 - 5. First five years in Northwestern Illinois, 1893-1898 - 6. Second stretch in Northwest Illinois, 1898-1902 - 7.Life in Chicago, 1902-1909 - 8. Life in Kidder, 1909-1912 - 9. Dreams of full-time archaeology, 1912-1913 -- Two commissions and an old obligation, 1913-1914 - 11. Sourisford and Snowflake, 1914-1915 - 12. Valleys of the Assiniboine, Little Saskatchewan, and Whitemud Rivers, 1915-1916 - 13.Cambria Village and Judson Mound, 1916-1917 - 14. One career ends, the other fades, 1917-1922 - 15. It was always archaeology - Epilogue - Conclusion - Appendices: Reports from the field
Subjects
- Nickerson, W. B. (William Baker), 1865-1926.
- Nickerson, W. B. (William Baker), 1865-1926.
Children's Subject Heading
- Archaeologists -- United States -- Biography.
- Archaeology -- Fieldwork -- United States.
- Archaeology -- Fieldwork -- Canada.
- Archaeology -- Methodology -- History.
- United States -- Antiquities.
- Canada -- Antiquities.