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- Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi ValleyAncient Monuments of the Mississippi ValleyAncient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by Americans Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis is a landmark in American scientific research, the study of the prehistoric Mound builders of North America, and the early development of archaeology...
by Ephraim George SquierE. G. SquierEphraim George Squier was an American archaeologist and newspaper editor.-Biography:He was born in Bethlehem, New York, the son of a minister of English heritage and his Palatine German wife. In early youth he worked on a farm, attended and taught school, studied engineering, and became interested...
and Edwin Hamilton DavisEdwin Hamilton DavisEdwin Hamilton Davis was an American archaeologist and physician who did pioneering investigations of the mound relics in the Mississippi Valley.-Medical career:... - First volume of Austen H. LayardAusten Henry LayardSir Austen Henry Layard GCB, PC was a British traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat, best known as the excavator of Nimrud.-Family:...
's Nineveh and its Remains - Final volume of Lord Kingsborough's 9 volume Antiquities of Mexico