Ephraim G. Squier Papers 1848-1874

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Ephraim G. Squier Papers 1848-1874

http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/squier.htm

Correspondence, manuscripts, and notes regarding Central America by archaeologist/ethnologist E.G. Squier.

0.5 Linear feet; 1 box

eng,

Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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Squier, Ephraim G.

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Archaeologist and ethnologist, Squier was born in Bethlehem, New York, June 17, 1821. He worked as a journalist in Connecticut and Ohio from 1843 to 1848, during which time he also investigated the ancient monuments of the Mississippi Valley. In conjunction with Edwin H. Davis, he prepared the narrative published as Volume I of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge (1848). He also made an examination of the ancient remains of New York State in 1848 under the auspices of the New...