The Peabody Museum, Frederic W. Putnam, and the rise of US anthropology, 1866-1903

Author:Browman, DL

Article Title:The Peabody Museum, Frederic W. Putnam, and the rise of US anthropology, 1866-1903

Abstract:
This article explores the intersection of the career of Frederic Ward Putnam with the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard to the history of U.S. archaeology between his appointment as professor in 1866 and his death in 1915. Putnam was also active in institutional developments at Chicago, Berkeley, and New York.

Keywords: Frederic Ward Putnam; US archaeology; Peabody Museum

DOI: 10.1525/aa.2002.104.2.508

Source:AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST

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