Americanist
New World expert
An Americanist is a scholar who specializes in the study of the Americas—their cultures, languages, history, or indigenous peoples.
The term most often applies to anthropologists and linguists focused on Native American societies and languages, though it also covers specialists in American literature, history, or politics.
The conference brought together Americanists from archaeology, linguistics, and ethnography.
In some contexts, Americanist describes someone who advocates for American interests or values.
Learned, studious person
- professorSenior university teacher
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- tenureProtected employment status
- monographSingle-topic scholarly work
publication · citation · conference · seminar · colloquium · journal · curriculum · syllabus
Systematic study of peoples
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- pre-ColumbianAmericas before 1492
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
artifacts · mounds · pottery · kinship · mythology · rituals · shamanism · colonialism
Ancestral social groups
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
potlatch · kachina · totem · pictographs · wampum · beadwork · moccasins · wigwam
North American language family
- IroquoianNative American language family
- MayanOf ancient Mesoamerican civilization
- NahuatlUto-Aztecan language of Mexico
- phonologyScience of language sounds
morphology · syntax · documentation · revitalization · endangered · dialectology · lexicography · transcription
Devotion to one's homeland
- exceptionalismBelief in unique superiority
- democracyRule by the people
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
federalism · republicanism · frontier · pioneer · melting-pot · nationalism · isolationism · expansionism
scholar
Learned, studious person
- professorSenior university teacher
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- tenureProtected employment status
monograph · publication · citation · conference · seminar · colloquium · journal · curriculum · syllabus · thesis
ethnography
Systematic study of peoples
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- pre-ColumbianAmericas before 1492
archaeology · artifacts · mounds · pottery · kinship · mythology · rituals · shamanism · colonialism · folklore
tribes
Ancestral social groups
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
ceremony · potlatch · kachina · totem · pictographs · wampum · beadwork · moccasins · wigwam · teepee
Algonquian
North American language family
- IroquoianNative American language family
- MayanOf ancient Mesoamerican civilization
- NahuatlUto-Aztecan language of Mexico
phonology · morphology · syntax · documentation · revitalization · endangered · dialectology · lexicography · transcription · typology
patriotism
Devotion to one's homeland
- exceptionalismBelief in unique superiority
- democracyRule by the people
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
constitution · federalism · republicanism · frontier · pioneer · melting-pot · nationalism · isolationism · expansionism · nativism
Americanistanti-American
Hostile toward the States
anti-imperialist · globalist · internationalist · cosmopolitan
Americanism, Americanize, Americanized, Americanizing, Americanization