Glory, Trouble, and Renaissance at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology (Hardcover)

Glory, Trouble, and Renaissance at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology chronicles the seminal contributions, tumultuous history, and recent renaissance of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology (RSPM). The only archaeology museum that is part of an American high school, it also did cutting-edge research from the 1930s through the 1970s, ultimately returning to its core mission of teaching and learning in the twenty-first century. Essays explore the early history and notable contributions of the museum's directors and curators, including a tour de force chapter by James Richardson and J. M. Adovasio that interweaves the history of research at the museum with the intriguing story of the peopling of the Americas. Other chapters tackle the challenges of the 1990s, including shrinking financial resources, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and relationships with American Indian tribes, and the need to revisit the original mission of the museum, namely, to educate high school students. Like many cultural institutions, the RSPM has faced a host of challenges throughout its history. The contributors to this book describe the creative responses to those challenges and the reinvention of a museum with an unusual past, present, and future.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology
Release date:	April 2018
Editors:	Malinda Stafford Blustain • Ryan Wheeler
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / Cloth over boards
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-4962-0415-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Promotions
LSN:	1-4962-0415-8
Barcode:	9781496204158

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