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Book The Antiquities of Wisconsin

Download or read book The Antiquities of Wisconsin written by Increase Allen Lapham and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Antiquities of Wisconsin  as Surveyed and Described

Download or read book The Antiquities of Wisconsin as Surveyed and Described written by Increase Allen Lapham and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1855 and long out of print, The Antiquities of Wisconsin remains invaluable as a detailed record of Wisconsin's rich archaeological heritage of mounds and mound groups, many of which were later destroyed by farming and urban growth. Lapham was among the first scientists to produce evidence that the earthworks had been built by the ancestors of modern Native Americans, not some mythical "lost race," as was believed by many white authorities of the time. Modern researchers still use Lapham's maps and descriptions to locate vestiges of sites that once existed, or to help reconstruct Wisconsin's ancient cultural landscape. This edition includes a foreword by Wisconsin state archaeologist Robert A. Birmingham and an introduction by Robert P. Nurre, a Lapham scholar.

Book The Antiquities of Wisconsin

Download or read book The Antiquities of Wisconsin written by Increase A. Lapham and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fishes of Wisconsin

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  • Author : George C. Becker
  • Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
  • Release : 1983
  • ISBN : 9780299087906
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Fishes of Wisconsin written by George C. Becker and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in print! This magnificent, encyclopedic reference to 157 fish species--which are found not only in Wisconsin but also in much of the Great Lakes region and Mississippi River watershed--has been a model for all other such works. In addition to comprehensive species accounts, Becker discusses water resources and fisheries management from both historical and practical policy perspectives.

Book Antiquities of Wisconsin

Download or read book Antiquities of Wisconsin written by Increase Allen Lapham and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1853, Lapham was elected a member of AAS.

Book The Wisconsin Archeologist

Download or read book The Wisconsin Archeologist written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Antiquities of Wisconsin

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  • Author : Increase Allen Lapham
  • Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
  • Release : 2014-08-07
  • ISBN : 9781498159432
  • Pages : 162 pages

Download or read book The Antiquities of Wisconsin written by Increase Allen Lapham and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1865 Edition.

Book American Antiquities

Download or read book American Antiquities written by Terry A. Barnhart and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing the history of American archaeology, especially concerning eighteenth and nineteenth-century arguments, is not always as straightforward or simple as it might seem. Archaeology's trajectory from an avocation, to a semi-profession, to a specialized, self-conscious profession was anything but a linear progression. The development of American archaeology was an organic and untidy process, which emerged from the intellectual tradition of antiquarianism and closely allied itself with the natural sciences throughout the nineteenth century--especially geology and the debate about the origins and identity of indigenous mound-building cultures of the eastern United States. Terry A. Barnhart examines how American archaeology developed within an eclectic set of interests and equally varied settings. He argues that fundamental problems are deeply embedded in secondary literature relating to the nineteenth-century debate about "Mound Builders" and "American Indians." Some issues are perceptual, others contextual, and still others basic errors of fact. Adding to the problem are semantic and contextual considerations arising from the accommodating, indiscriminate, and problematic use of the term "race" as a synonym for tribe, nation, and race proper--a concept and construct that does not, in all instances, translate into current understandings and usages. American Antiquities uses this early discourse on the mounds to frame perennial anthropological problems relating to human origins and antiquity in North America.

Book Transportation Archaeology in Wisconsin

Download or read book Transportation Archaeology in Wisconsin written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Great Lakes Archaeology

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  • Author : Ronald J. Mason
  • Publisher : Caldwell, NJ : Blackburn Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9781930665460
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Great Lakes Archaeology written by Ronald J. Mason and published by Caldwell, NJ : Blackburn Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1981, this comprehensive work is an account of Great Lakes peoples--prehistoric, protohistoric, and early historic.

Book Every Root an Anchor

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  • Author : R. Bruce Allison
  • Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
  • Release : 2005-04-13
  • ISBN : 0870203703
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book Every Root an Anchor written by R. Bruce Allison and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2005-04-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Every Root an Anchor, writer and arborist R. Bruce Allison celebrates Wisconsin's most significant, unusual, and historic trees. More than one hundred tales introduce us to trees across the state, some remarkable for their size or age, others for their intriguing histories. From magnificent elms to beloved pines to Frank Lloyd Wright's oaks, these trees are woven into our history, contributing to our sense of place. They are anchors for time-honored customs, manifestations of our ideals, and reminders of our lives' most significant events. For this updated edition, Allison revisits the trees' histories and tells us which of these unique landmarks are still standing. He sets forth an environmental message as well, reminding us to recognize our connectedness to trees and to manage our tree resources wisely. As early Wisconsin conservationist Increase Lapham said, "Tree histories increase our love of home and improve our hearts. They deserve to be told and remembered."

Book Chasing Aphrodite

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  • Author : Jason Felch
  • Publisher : HMH
  • Release : 2011-05-24
  • ISBN : 0547538022
  • Pages : 397 pages

Download or read book Chasing Aphrodite written by Jason Felch and published by HMH. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “thrilling, well-researched” account of years of scandal at the prestigious Getty Museum (Ulrich Boser, author of The Gardner Heist). In recent years, several of America’s leading art museums have voluntarily given up their finest pieces of classical art to the governments of Italy and Greece. Why would they be moved to such unheard-of generosity? The answer lies at the Getty, one of the world’s richest and most troubled museums, and scandalous revelations that it had been buying looted antiquities for decades. Drawing on a trove of confidential museum records and candid interviews, these two journalists give us a fly-on-the-wall account of the inner workings of a world-class museum, and tell a story of outlandish characters and bad behavior that could come straight from the pages of a thriller. “In an authoritative account, two reporters who led a Los Angeles Times investigation reveal the details of the Getty Museum’s illicit purchases, from smugglers and fences, of looted Greek and Roman antiquities. . . . The authors offer an excellent recap of the museum’s misdeeds, brimming with tasty details of the scandal that motivated several of America’s leading art museums to voluntarily return to Italy and Greece some 100 classical antiquities worth more than half a billion dollars.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “An astonishing and penetrating look into a veiled world where beauty and art are in constant competition with greed and hypocrisy. This engaging book will cast a fresh light on many of those gleaming objects you see in art museums.” —Jonathan Harr, author of The Lost Painting

Book Silence in Catullus

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  • Author : Benjamin Eldon Stevens
  • Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
  • Release : 2013-12-18
  • ISBN : 0299296636
  • Pages : 355 pages

Download or read book Silence in Catullus written by Benjamin Eldon Stevens and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both passionate and artful, learned and bawdy, Catullus is one of the best-known and critically significant poets from classical antiquity. An intriguing aspect of his poetry that has been neglected by scholars is his interest in silence, from the pauses that shape everyday conversation to linguistic taboos and cultural suppressions and the absolute silence of death. In Silence in Catullus, Benjamin Eldon Stevens offers fresh readings of this Roman poet's most important works, focusing on his purposeful evocations of silence. This deep and varied "poetics of silence" takes on many forms in Catullus's poetic corpus: underscoring the lyricism of his poetry; highlighting themes of desire, immortality-in-culture, and decay; accenting its structures and rhythms; and, Stevens suggests, even articulating underlying philosophies. Combining classical philological methods, contemporary approaches to silence in modern literature, and the most recent Catullan scholarship, this imaginative examination of Catullus offers a new interpretation of one of the ancient world's most influential and inimitable voices.

Book Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Download or read book Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin written by State Historical Society of Wisconsin and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 1855 the society's annual reports were included in its Proceedings.

Book The Antiquities of Wisconsin as Surveyed and Described

Download or read book The Antiquities of Wisconsin as Surveyed and Described written by Increase Allen Lapham and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The History and Antiquities of Boston

Download or read book The History and Antiquities of Boston written by Samuel G. Drake and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Description of Antiquities Discovered in the State of Ohio and Other Western States

Download or read book Description of Antiquities Discovered in the State of Ohio and Other Western States written by Caleb Atwater and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-09 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caleb Atwater (1778-1867) was a lawyer and amateur archaeologist who lived in Circleville, Ohio. He epitomized the Speculative Period of American archaeology and his fieldwork in Ohio, described in this book, remained unsurpassed until Squier and Davis's classic Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley published in 1848. Published originally by the American Philosophical Society 1820, this book is a facsimile of that edition that includes the Introduction by Jeremy A. Sabloff that accompanied the 1973 edition by AMS Press.