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CHAPTEE VIII. 



NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY. 



OUE knowledge of North American Archaeology is derived 

 mainly from the valuable researches of Mr. Caleb At- 

 water, contained in the first volume of the Archreologia Ame- 

 ricana, and from four excellent memoirs published under the 

 auspices of the Smithsonian Institution : 1. Ancient Monu- 

 ments of the Mississippi Valley, comprising the Eesults of 

 extensive Original Surveys and Explorations, by E. G. Squier, 

 A.M., and E. H. Davis, M.D. 2. Aboriginal Monuments of the 

 State of New York, comprising the Eesults of Original Surveys 

 and Explorations, with an illustrative Appendix, by E. Gr. 

 Squier, A.M. 3. The Antiquities of Wisconsin, as surveyed 

 and described by J. A. Lapham. 4. The Archaeology of the 

 United States, or Sketches, Historical and Biographical, of the 

 Progress of Information and Opinion respecting Vestiges of 

 Antiquity in the United States ; by Samuel F. Haven. Nor 

 must I omit to mention Schoolcraft's History, Condition, and 

 Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States.* 



The memoir by Messrs. Squier and Davis, occupying more 

 than three hundred pages, is chiefly descriptive of ancient 

 fortifications, enclosures, temples, and mounds, and of the 

 different implements, ornaments, etc., which have been ob- 







* Among more recent works on of the Southern Indians ; Foster's 



the subject, I may specially refer Pre- historic Races of the United 



to Bancroft's Native Races of the States ; Abbott's Stone Age in New 



Pacific States ; Jones's Antiquities Jersey. 



