Inheriting the Past: The Making of Arthur C. Parker and Indigenous Archaeology

by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh and Chip Colwell

Book Overview

In recent years, archaeologists and Native American communities have struggled to find common ground even though more than a century ago a man of Seneca descent raised on New York's Cattaraugus Reservation, Arthur C. Parker, joined the ranks of professional archaeology. Until now, Parker's life and legacy as the first Native American archaeologist have been neither closely studied nor widely recognized. At a time when heated debates about the control...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816526567
• ISBN13: 9780816526567
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"