In his own right
Dr Edwin Hamilton Davis and the Davis collection of American antiquities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14903754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terry A Barnhart (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-87 |
| Publication date | 2004-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Collections (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-6650 • E-ISSN: 1477-8564 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jhc/16.1.59 |
| OpenAlex | W2039517022 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Edwin Hamilton Davis collection of American antiquities is a significant record of the prehistoric people known as the Hopewell – a Woodland Indian culture that flourished in present-day Ohio from c.100 BC to AD 500. The circumstances in which the collection originated and those that eventually brought it to the British Museum represent a significant chapter in the history of archaeology and Davis's place within the nineteenth-century intellectual tradition of antiquarianism and collecting. The collection embodies his legacy as an archaeological investigator and a connoisseur of American aboriginal art.
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Culture of the United States · Prehistory · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and Natural History · History · Museums and Cultural Heritage
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2017 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |