"Philadelphia and the Development of Americanist Archaeology" reveals the crucial role the intellectuals and institutions of Philadelphia played in the development of the science of archaeology. The ten essays in this volume focus on Philadelphians who were concerned with Americanist archaeology, or the "archaeology of the New World."

Don D. Fowler is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and author of American Archaeology: Past and Present.

David R. Wilcox is Senior Curator of Anthropology at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff and coeditor of The Last Itinerary of Frank Hamilton Cushing.