Includes historical documents by W.C. McKern and others.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-298) and index.

Taxonomic classification and biological taxonomy -- Developing the Midwestern Taxonomic Method, 1930-1935 -- Subsequent developments, 1935-1940 -- Applications, comments, and later proposals -- The Midwestern Taxonomic Method in light of biological systematics -- Culture type classification for midwestern North American archaeology / W.C. McKern (1932) -- A suggested classification of cultures / Carl E. Guthe (1932) -- Local types and the regional distribution of pottery-bearing cultures / W.C. McKern (1933) -- The problem of culture classification / W.C. McKern, Thorne Deuel, and Carl E. Guthe (1933) -- Certain culture classification problems in middle western archaeology / W.C. McKern (1934) -- Some assumptions and implications of the McKern classification system / Thorne Deuel (1937) -- Review of Rediscovering Illinois : archaeological explorations in and around Fulton County / W.C. McKern (1938) -- The McKern and related systems of classification / Thorne Deuel (1939) -- The Midwestern Taxonomic Method as an aid to archaeological culture study / W.C. McKern (1939) -- Application of the Midwestern Taxonomic Method / W.C. McKern (1940) -- Taxonomy and the direct historical approach / W.C. McKern (1942) -- Regarding midwestern archaeological taxonomy / W.C. McKern (1943) -- An inaccurate description of Midwestern Taxonomy / W.C. McKern (1944).

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