The quest for the Irish Celt : the Harvard archaeological mission to Ireland, 1932-1936 / Mairéad Carew
2018, First Edition. Kildare; Irish Academic Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #378694
ISBN: 9781788550093
Physical description; ix, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Bibliography: pages 271-300; and index. Contents; The Harvard archaeological mission in the Irish cultural republic -- Adolf Mahr and the possibilities of Harvard archaeological research -- 'Ireland belongs to the World': Celtic origins, anthropology and eugenics -- Choosing crannógs: politics and pragmatism -- Lagore crannóg: archaeology in the service of the state? -- A united Ireland in prehistory -- A New Deal for Irish archaeology -- A native school of scientific archaeology -- 'The pageant of the Celt': archaeology, media and the diaspora. Subject; Mahr, Adolf 1887-1951. Hooton, Earnest Albert 1887-1954. Hooton, Earnest Albert 1887-1954. Harvard University History 20th century - Department of Anthropology History. Ethnology Ireland History 20th century. Celts Ireland Historiography. Eugenics. Excavations (Archaeology) Northern Ireland. Celts Anthropometry Ireland.
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