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Malinda Stafford Blustain is the former director of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology.¿Ryan Wheeler is the director of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology. He is a former editor of the Florida Anthropologist.
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List of contents
List of Illustrations
Series Editors’ Introduction
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Present and Past at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology
Malinda Stafford Blustain and Ryan Wheeler
1. A Biographical History of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology
Nathan D. Hamilton and Eugene C. Winter Jr.
2. A History of Research: Focusing on the Peopling of the Americas
James B. Richardson III and James M. Adovasio
3. A.V. Kidder, Pecos Pueblo, and the Robert S. Peabody Museum: A Continuing Legacy
Linda S. Cordell
4. Laying the Foundations for Northeastern North American Archaeology
Brian S. Robinson
5. Recent Research at Maine Sites
Nathan D. Hamilton and Donald A. Slater
6. A Retrospective Interpretation of the Origins of American Agriculture
Mary Eubanks
7. Trials and Redemption at the Peabody Museum
Malinda Stafford Blustain
8. Negotiating NAGPRA: Rediscovering the Human Side of Science
James W. Bradley
9 . Pecos Pathways: A Model for Lasting Partnerships
Lindsay Randall and Christopher Toya
10. Teaching Science at the Peabody Museum
Jeremiah Hagler
11. Experiential Learning and the New Peabody Museum
Donald A. Slater and Nathan D. Hamilton
12. Reflections and Stories
Using Archaeology as a Basis for Learning: How Archaeology Can Teach Almost Anything!
Margaret Conkey
Perspectives from Indian Country
Hillary Abé
The Piette Program in France
Claire Gallou
Just Down the Road: A Former Student’s Perspective on the Peabody Museum and Its Approach to Secondary Education
Kristi Gilleon
From Research to Education: The Peabody-Phillips Academy Connection
Rebecca Miller Sykes
Open Doors: A Retrospective on the Robert S. Peabody Museum
Abigail Seldin
List of Contributors
Index
About the author
Malinda Stafford Blustain is the former director of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology. Ryan Wheeler is the director of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology. He is a former editor of the Florida Anthropologist.
Summary
Chronicles the seminal contributions, tumultuous history, and recent renaissance of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology (RSPM). Essays explore the early history and notable contributions of the museum's directors and curators, including a tour de force chapter that interweaves the history of research at the museum with the intriguing story of the peopling of the Americas.
