01968cam a22003613u 4500 49668 UtSlPG 20260610134137.0 m cr n 260607r2015||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 E011 Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888 Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley : Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. I. Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2015 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Monuments_of_the_Mississippi_Valley Release date is 2015-08-10 Produced by Charlene Taylor, Robert Shimmin, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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 an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Mounds -- Mississippi River Valley Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities Mississippi River Valley -- Antiquities Ohio River Valley -- Antiquities Davis, E. H. (Edwin Hamilton), 1811-1888 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49668 90506 90506