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Spying by American Archaeologists in World War I

Open Access
|Nov 2011

Abstract

I am interested in detailing two aspects linked to the issue of several archaeologists working for the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) during the First World War. These spying activities were part of the controversy surrounding the censure of Franz Boas by the American Anthropological Association (AAA) for his published letter of October 1919, in which Boas claimed that four unnamed researchers were involved in espionage activities using archaeological research as a front. As they were unnamed, who were these four archaeologists?

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bha.2123 | Journal eISSN: 2047-6930
Language: English
Published on: Nov 22, 2011
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2011 David L. Browman, published by Ubiquity Press
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