Ephraim George Squier and the development of American anthropology /
Barnhart, Terry A., 1952-
Ephraim George Squier and the development of American anthropology / Terry A. Barnhart. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2009 - xvi, 425 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Critical studies in the history of anthropology .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-413) and index.
Prologue: Ephraim George Squier and the history of American anthropology -- Literary ambitions : the genesis of an anthropologist -- In search of the mound builders : the Squier-Davis association -- Archaeology and the Smithsonian Institution : editing and publishing the Squier-Davis manuscript -- Interpreting the mound builders : the archaeology of Squier and Davis -- Revisiting the mounds : the Iroquois and the archaeology of western New York -- The burden of proof : American Indian traditions and the Walam Olum -- Idols and Indians : the archaeology and ethnology of Nicaragua -- The mind of man : the serpent symbol and the reciprocal principles of nature -- Nahua nations and migrations : the archaeology and ethnology of Honduras and San Salvador -- Ancient Peru : an indigenous civilization -- The science of men and nations : Ephraim George Squier and the American school of ethnology -- Epilogue : insanity and the "eclipse of genius".
978-0-8032-2784-2
2004019927
Squier, E. G. 1821-1888.
Davis, E. H. 1811-1888.
Anthropologists--United States--Biography.
Anthropologists--Latin America--Biography.
Mound-builders--Ohio River Valley.
Mound-builders--Mississippi River Valley.
Ohio River Valley--Antiquities.
Mississippi River Valley--Antiquities.
Latin America--Antiquities.
GN21.S68 / B37 2005
301/.092 B
Ephraim George Squier and the development of American anthropology / Terry A. Barnhart. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2009 - xvi, 425 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Critical studies in the history of anthropology .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-413) and index.
Prologue: Ephraim George Squier and the history of American anthropology -- Literary ambitions : the genesis of an anthropologist -- In search of the mound builders : the Squier-Davis association -- Archaeology and the Smithsonian Institution : editing and publishing the Squier-Davis manuscript -- Interpreting the mound builders : the archaeology of Squier and Davis -- Revisiting the mounds : the Iroquois and the archaeology of western New York -- The burden of proof : American Indian traditions and the Walam Olum -- Idols and Indians : the archaeology and ethnology of Nicaragua -- The mind of man : the serpent symbol and the reciprocal principles of nature -- Nahua nations and migrations : the archaeology and ethnology of Honduras and San Salvador -- Ancient Peru : an indigenous civilization -- The science of men and nations : Ephraim George Squier and the American school of ethnology -- Epilogue : insanity and the "eclipse of genius".
978-0-8032-2784-2
2004019927
Squier, E. G. 1821-1888.
Davis, E. H. 1811-1888.
Anthropologists--United States--Biography.
Anthropologists--Latin America--Biography.
Mound-builders--Ohio River Valley.
Mound-builders--Mississippi River Valley.
Ohio River Valley--Antiquities.
Mississippi River Valley--Antiquities.
Latin America--Antiquities.
GN21.S68 / B37 2005
301/.092 B