Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by E. G. Squier and E. H. Davis

Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by E. G. Squier and E. H. Davis

3 by E. G. Squier, Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888, Davis, E. H. (Edwin Hamilton), 1811-1888 | 126572 words

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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.)

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Chapters

57 chapters

Ch. 1

Chapter 1

Ch. 2

1. The memoirs thus obtained to be published in a series of volumes,

Ch. 3

2. No memoir, on subjects of physical science, to be accepted

Ch. 4

3. Each memoir presented to the Institution to be submitted for

Ch. 5

4. The commission to be chosen by the officers of the Institution,

Ch. 6

5. The volumes of the memoirs to be exchanged for the Transactions

Ch. 7

6. An abstract, or popular account, of the contents of these memoirs

Ch. 8

1. The objects, and the amount appropriated, to be recommended by

Ch. 9

2. Appropriations in different years to different objects; so that in

Ch. 10

3. The results obtained from these appropriations to be published,

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