Open AccessA Laboratory for Anthropology: Science and Romanticism in the American Southwest, 1846-1930, by Don D. Fowler. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 200.0
Author(s) -
Andrew L. Christenson
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
bulletin of the history of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2047-6930
pISSN - 1062-4740
DOI - 10.5334/bha.12103
Subject(s) - timeline , romanticism , history , context (archaeology) , anthropology , salt lake , art history , archaeology , sociology , geology , paleontology , structural basin
The southwestern United States became central to Americananthropology early in the development of the discipline. Beginning with the Stevensonsand Coshing at Zuni in ethnology and Cushing in the Salt River Valley in archaeologyjust about everybody who was anybody came to work and learn in the Southwest. For thisreason, it is difficult to see the whole field in context and to discern how thesescholars fit into the larger picture of American anthropology. Until now no one has putit all together. Broken into 30 chapters, each of which has topical sub-sections, thisbook works best when taken small chunks to ponder and digest slowly. When read cover tocover as I did, it needs a timeline to keep track of who was doing what and when. Thebook provokes thoughts about patterns of people and events. a couple of which I willmention here