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
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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.