Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley – 1848
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By Ephraim G. Squier and Edwin H. Davis
Edited and with introduction by David J. Meltzer, Smithsonian Classics of Anthropology. Comprising the results of extensive original surveys and explorations (1848) by the Americans Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis, a landmark in American scientific research, the study of the prehistoric indigenous mound builders of North America and the early development of Archaeology as a scientific discipline. Published in 1848, it was the Smithsonian Institution’s first publication and the first volume in its Contributions to Knowledge series. The book has 306 pages, 8 lithographed maps and plates, and 207 wood engravings.
