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- catalog abstract "The landscape of the nineteenth century, Stephen Williams asserts, is dotted with fakes, frauds, and humbugs whose fantastic claims of purported findings would make even P.T. Barnum blush. In Fantastic Archaeology, Williams takes them all on with gusto--illuminating, debunking, and instructing on the modes, methods, manners, and manifestations of American archaeology through the past two centuries. -- Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b3098504.
- catalog coverage "North America Antiquities.".
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-386) and indexes.".
- catalog description "List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. The byways and forgotton pathways of Fantastic Archaeology -- 2. American curiosity and the American Indian -- 3. The Golden Age: the myth destroyed -- 4. The American Humbug: they'll believe almost anything! -- 5. The Walam Olum: where did the Delaware go? -- 6. The earliest Americans: the elusive prize -- 7. Catastrophism: sunken continents and all that jazz -- 8. Archaeology and religion: where angels fear to tread -- 9. Westward to Vinland: the Vikings are coming -- 10. Across the sea they came, each with a different cause -- 11. Some tales the rude monuments tell -- 12. Psychic archaeology: seeking visions of the past -- Epilogue: North American prehistory -- The real fantasy -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- Epigraphs and extracts: sources -- Selected and annotated bibliography -- General bibliography -- Sources of illustrations -- Index of names -- Index of subjects.".
- catalog description "The landscape of the nineteenth century, Stephen Williams asserts, is dotted with fakes, frauds, and humbugs whose fantastic claims of purported findings would make even P.T. Barnum blush. In Fantastic Archaeology, Williams takes them all on with gusto--illuminating, debunking, and instructing on the modes, methods, manners, and manifestations of American archaeology through the past two centuries. -- Back cover.".
- catalog extent "xi, 407 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Also issued online.".
- catalog hasFormat "Fantastic archaeology.".
- catalog identifier "0812213122 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0812282388 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "9780812213126 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "9780812282382 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Also issued online.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fantastic archaeology.".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog relation "Also issued online.".
- catalog relation "Fantastic archaeology.".
- catalog spatial "North America Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "North America".
- catalog subject "973.1 20".
- catalog subject "Archaeology North America History.".
- catalog subject "CC125.N7 W55 1991".
- catalog tableOfContents "List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. The byways and forgotton pathways of Fantastic Archaeology -- 2. American curiosity and the American Indian -- 3. The Golden Age: the myth destroyed -- 4. The American Humbug: they'll believe almost anything! -- 5. The Walam Olum: where did the Delaware go? -- 6. The earliest Americans: the elusive prize -- 7. Catastrophism: sunken continents and all that jazz -- 8. Archaeology and religion: where angels fear to tread -- 9. Westward to Vinland: the Vikings are coming -- 10. Across the sea they came, each with a different cause -- 11. Some tales the rude monuments tell -- 12. Psychic archaeology: seeking visions of the past -- Epilogue: North American prehistory -- The real fantasy -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- Epigraphs and extracts: sources -- Selected and annotated bibliography -- General bibliography -- Sources of illustrations -- Index of names -- Index of subjects.".
- catalog title "Fantastic archaeology : the wild side of North American prehistory / Stephen Williams.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".