Ephraim George Squier and the development of American anthropology / Terry A. Barnhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnhart, Terry A., 1952-

Series:

Critical studies in the history of anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888.

Squier, E. G.

Anthropologists--United States--Biography.

Anthropologists.

Antiquities.

Mound-builders.

United States.

Mississippi River Valley.

Ohio River Valley.

Latin America.

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.

Davis, E. H. (Edwin Hamilton), 1811-1888.

Davis, E. H.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2005]

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".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-413) and index.

ISBN:

0803213212

OCLC:

56370812