"Who Did Archaeology in the United States Before There Were Archaeologists and Why? Preprofessional Archaeologies of the Nineteenth Century." by Thomas C. Patterson. In Processual and Postprocessual Archaeologies, edited by Robert W. Preucel, Center for A
Patterson's paper is a condensation of two he had presented in 1988 and 1989, at conferences previous to the Carbondale Visiting Scholar Conference of 1989. He characterizes the early United States as harboring two contrasting political philosophies, agrarian...
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doaj-08965cd64dcc47f9bffecf1985cb02292020-11-24T22:15:05ZengUbiquity PressBulletin of the History of Archaeology1062-47402047-69301992-05-0121202110.5334/bha.02106453"Who Did Archaeology in the United States Before There Were Archaeologists and Why? Preprofessional Archaeologies of the Nineteenth Century." by Thomas C. Patterson. In Processual and Postprocessual Archaeologies, edited by Robert W. Preucel, Center for AAlice B. Kehoe0Marquette UniversityPatterson's paper is a condensation of two he had presented in 1988 and 1989, at conferences previous to the Carbondale Visiting Scholar Conference of 1989. He characterizes the early United States as harboring two contrasting political philosophies, agrarian versus mercantile capitalism. The agrarians, of whom Thomas Jefferson is of course the most illustrious example, followed the physiocrats in believing agricultural land to be the foundation of societies, therefore the manifest destiny of the new Republic was to conquer, and colonize more land. The mercantilists, primarily in Boston, emphasized civilization as the refinement of technologies, social order, and tastes. Both philosophies were cast in Enlightenment terms.http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/456 |
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"Who Did Archaeology in the United States Before There Were
Archaeologists and Why? Preprofessional Archaeologies of the Nineteenth Century." by
Thomas C. Patterson. In Processual and Postprocessual Archaeologies, edited by Robert W.
Preucel, Center for A |
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"Who Did Archaeology in the United States Before There Were
Archaeologists and Why? Preprofessional Archaeologies of the Nineteenth Century." by
Thomas C. Patterson. In Processual and Postprocessual Archaeologies, edited by Robert W.
Preucel, Center for A |
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"Who Did Archaeology in the United States Before There Were
Archaeologists and Why? Preprofessional Archaeologies of the Nineteenth Century." by
Thomas C. Patterson. In Processual and Postprocessual Archaeologies, edited by Robert W.
Preucel, Center for A |
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"Who Did Archaeology in the United States Before There Were
Archaeologists and Why? Preprofessional Archaeologies of the Nineteenth Century." by
Thomas C. Patterson. In Processual and Postprocessual Archaeologies, edited by Robert W.
Preucel, Center for A |
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"Who Did Archaeology in the United States Before There Were
Archaeologists and Why? Preprofessional Archaeologies of the Nineteenth Century." by
Thomas C. Patterson. In Processual and Postprocessual Archaeologies, edited by Robert W.
Preucel, Center for A |
title_sort |
"who did archaeology in the united states before there were
archaeologists and why? preprofessional archaeologies of the nineteenth century." by
thomas c. patterson. in processual and postprocessual archaeologies, edited by robert w.
preucel, center for a |
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Ubiquity Press |
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Bulletin of the History of Archaeology |
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1062-4740 2047-6930 |
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1992-05-01 |
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Patterson's paper is a condensation of two he had presented in 1988
and 1989, at conferences previous to the Carbondale Visiting Scholar Conference of 1989.
He characterizes the early United States as harboring two contrasting political
philosophies, agrarian versus mercantile capitalism. The agrarians, of whom Thomas
Jefferson is of course the most illustrious example, followed the physiocrats in
believing agricultural land to be the foundation of societies, therefore the manifest
destiny of the new Republic was to conquer, and colonize more land. The mercantilists,
primarily in Boston, emphasized civilization as the refinement of technologies, social
order, and tastes. Both philosophies were cast in Enlightenment terms. |
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