Misadventures in Archaeology: The Life and Career of Charles Conrad Abbott

by Carolyn D. Dillian and Charles A. Bello

A comprehensive portrait of the controversial self-taught archaeologist C. C. Abbott.

In the late nineteenth century, Charles Conrad Abbott, a medical doctor and self-taught archaeologist, gained notoriety for his theories on early humans. He believed in an American Paleolithic, represented by an early Ice Age occupation of the New World that paralleled that of Europe, a popular scientific topic at the time. He attempted to prove...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949057054
• ISBN13: 9781949057058
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum Publication
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"