Title Ephraim George Squier and the development of American anthropology / Terry A. Barnhart

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 425 pages) : illustrations Series Critical studies in the history of anthropology Critical studies in the history of anthropology. 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." 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. He published an important and still not fully appreciated comparative study, The Serpent Symbol, and the Worship of the Reciprocal Principles of Nature in America, which attempted to systematically account for parallel cultural developments that he attributed to the psychic unity of humankind Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-413) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888. Davis, E. H. (Edwin Hamilton), 1811-1888. SUBJECT Davis, E. H. (Edwin Hamilton), 1811-1888 Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888 Davis, E. H. (Edwin Hamilton), 1811-1888 fast Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888 fast Squier, Ephraim G. swd Subject Anthropologists -- United States -- Biography Anthropologists -- Latin America -- Biography Mound-builders -- Ohio River Valley Mound-builders -- Mississippi River Valley BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General. Anthropologists Antiquities Mound-builders Archäologie Anthropologie SUBJECT Ohio River Valley -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87001201 Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities Latin America -- Antiquities Subject Latin America Mississippi River Valley Ohio River Valley United States USA Genre/Form Biographies Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2004019927 ISBN 080320468X 9780803204683 1280424141 9781280424144 9786610424146 6610424144

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