Ancient monuments of the Mississippi Valley /
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| Author / Creator: | Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888. |
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| Imprint: | Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1998. |
| Description: | 316 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Smithsonian classics of anthropology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3608076 |
| Summary: | Early in the 19th century, as wagon trains streamed into the lowlands of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, settlers came upon vast numbers of abandoned mounds and earth--works that they attributed to a sophisticated race of moundbuilders who long ago had disappeared. Giving rise to often loaded questions about human origins, the mounds and the artifacts they contained became the focus of early American efforts toward a science of archaeology. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: 1848. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 316 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | "Guide to Squier and Davis's references, prepared by David J. Meltzer": p. [307]-311. |
| ISBN: | 1560988738 1560988983 |