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Excavating Nauvoo: The Mormons and the Rise of Historical Archaeology in America (Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology) - Softcover

Book 2 of 21: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology

Pykles, Benjamin C.

 
9781496202246: Excavating Nauvoo: The Mormons and the Rise of Historical Archaeology in America (Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1496202244 ISBN 13: 9781496202246
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2018

Synopsis

This detailed study of the excavation and restoration of the city of Nauvoo, Illinois, reveals the roots of historical archaeology. In the 1960s, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sponsored an archaeology program to authentically restore the city of Nauvoo, which was founded along the Mississippi River in the 1840s by the Mormons as they moved west. Non-Mormon scholars were also interested in Nauvoo because it was representative of several western frontier towns in this era. As the archaeology and restoration of Nauvoo progressed, however, conflicts arose, particularly regarding control of the site and its interpretation for the public.
 
The field of historical archaeology was just coming into its own during this period, with myriad perspectives and doctrines being developed and tested. The Nauvoo site was one of the places where the discipline was forged. This well-researched account weaves together multiple viewpoints in examining the many contentious issues surrounding the archaeology and restoration of the city of Nauvoo, Illinois, providing an illuminating picture of the early days of professional historical archaeology.

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About the Author

Benjamin C. Pykles is a assistant professor of anthropology at the State University of New York at Potsdam. Robert L. Schuyler is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and associate curator-in-charge of historical archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. He is a past president of the Society for Historical Archaeology and the 2009 recipient of the J. C. Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology.

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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1496202244
ISBN 13 
9781496202246
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
416