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Ephraim George Squier and the development of American anthropology
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Ephraim George Squier and the development of American anthropology / Terry A. Barnhart.
ISBN
0803213212 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2005.
Physical Description
xvi, 425 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 13, 2005
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-413) and index.
Contents
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".
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