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Ephraim George Squier and the development of American anthropology /

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 art...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barnhart, Terry A., 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2005.
Colección:Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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."