The Quest for the Irish Celt: The Harvard Archaeological Mission to Ireland, 1932-1936 by Mairead Carew

Irish Academic Press, 2018-05-14. Hardcover. New.

Irish Academic Pr, 2018. Hardcover. New. 316 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches.

Irish Academic Press, 2018-05-14. Hardcover. Like New.

Irish Academic Press, 2018 Book. New. Hardcover. A Brand New Book..

Kildare; Irish Academic Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 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… Read More

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