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.

Critical studies in the history of anthropology

Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mound-builders--Mississippi River Valley.

Mound-builders.

Mound-builders--Ohio River Valley.

Anthropologists--Latin America--Biography.

Anthropologists.

Anthropologists--United States--Biography.

Latin America--Antiquities.

Latin America.

Mississippi River Valley--Antiquities.

Mississippi River Valley.

Ohio River Valley--Antiquities.

Ohio River Valley.

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

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

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 425 p. ) ill. ;

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Ephraim George Squier and the Development of American Anthropology is an intellectual biography of Ephraim Squier (1821-88) and his contributions to the development of the nascent disciplines of archaeology and anthropology. During his career, which spanned the years 1845-77, Squier consistently articulated the need for a more holistic and integrated approach to the study of humankind."

"Although Squier is best known today for the classic book he coauthored with Edwin H. Davis, Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, Terry A. Barnhart shows that Squier's fieldwork and interpretive contributions to archaeology and anthropology continued over the next three decades. He turned his attention to comparative studies and to fieldwork in Central America and Peru. He became a diplomat and an entrepreneur yet still found time to conduct archaeological investigations in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Peru and to gather ethnographic information on contemporary indigenous peoples in those countries."

"A wealth of unpublished sources illuminate Squier's wide-ranging interests and controversial career, his intellectual circle, and the public interests of an energetic and expansive American nation. Terry A. Barnhart offers us the first intellectual biography that explores the personal and professional life of a remarkable and significant figure in the history of American anthropology."--Jacket.

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:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610424146

9781280424144

1280424141

9780803204683

080320468X

OCLC:

60828620