During the 1880s a massive scientific effort was launched by the Smithsonian Institution to discover who had built the prehistoric burial mounds found throughou

Field notes made by Palmer in Arkansas while locating Indian mounds, excavating, etc.

Much has been written about Edward Palmer's explorations and botanical achievements, the most comprehensive by Rogers McVaugh in his book, Edward Palmer, Plant

In 17 critical essays, the first book to address the historiography of archaeology evaluates how and why the history of archaeology is written. The emphasis in

In 1879 Edwin Curtiss set out for the St. Francis River region of Arkansas. By the time Curtiss completed his 56 days of fieldwork, he had sent nearly 1,000 pot