The Southwest in the American Imagination: The Writings of Sylvester Baxter, 1881-1891, edited by Curtis M. Hinsley and David R. Wilcox. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1996
Those interested only in the history of archeology may be disappointed in this volume, as it is less about the Hemenway Expedition as seen through Baxter's articles on it, than it is about his articles on Cushing at Zuni, as well as in southern Arizona, on Ba...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
1997-05-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the History of Archaeology |
| Online Access: | http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/333 |
| Summary: | Those interested only in the history of archeology may be
disappointed in this volume, as it is less about the Hemenway Expedition as seen through
Baxter's articles on it, than it is about his articles on Cushing at Zuni, as well as in
southern Arizona, on Baxter himself (a fascinating person), and on how Baxter and his
contemporaries shaped a late 19th century popular image of the Southwest However,this
book maybe more important for its portent than its content. It is the initial volume of
a proposed multi-volume series, "Frank Hamilton Cushing and the Hemenway Southwestern
Archaeological Expedition 1886-1889." The editors (actually, co-authors rather than only
editors) have unearthed, to use an appropriate archaeological term a substantial amount
of previously unexamined material relating to the Hemenway Expedition, completely
controverting the negative (and, quite wrong) response that Frederick W. Hodge gave to
Emil W. Haury's inquiry about records of Cushing's excavations. |
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| ISSN: | 1062-4740 2047-6930 |