Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by E. G. Squier and E. H. Davis
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57 chapters
Synopsis
Always visible content "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley" by E. G. Squier and E. H. Davis is a scientific survey published in 1848. This groundbreaking work documented hundreds of prehistoric earthworks and burial mounds across the Eastern United States, particularly in Ohio's Scioto Valley. As the Smithsonian Institution's first publication, it established archaeology as a scientific discipline in America while attempting to understand the mysterious mound builders who created these ancient monuments. (This is Hidden checkbox to control the toggle Clickable label to show more The extra text that is initially hidden Clickable label to show less an automatically generated summary.)
Chapters
Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Chapter 2: 1. The memoirs thus obtained to be published in a series of volumes,
Chapter 3: 2. No memoir, on subjects of physical science, to be accepted
Chapter 4: 3. Each memoir presented to the Institution to be submitted for
Chapter 5: 4. The commission to be chosen by the officers of the Institution,
Chapter 6: 5. The volumes of the memoirs to be exchanged for the Transactions
Chapter 7: 6. An abstract, or popular account, of the contents of these memoirs
Chapter 8: 1. The objects, and the amount appropriated, to be recommended by
Chapter 9: 2. Appropriations in different years to different objects; so that in
Chapter 10: 3. The results obtained from these appropriations to be published,
