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In Illinois, the one-hundred-foot Cahokia Mound spreads impressively across sixteen acres, and as many as ten thousand more mounds dot the Ohio River Valley…

The Mound Builders Skip to content Home Browse Our Books Column By Subjects By Series By Author Column By Imprint African Studies Catalogs Events Poetry Prize How to… Column Order Our Books Request Exam, Desk, and Review Copies Column Request Reprint Permissions Submit a Proposal About Column About the Press First Book Fund Support the Press Close Menu SEARCH X Books Authors On The Site Home social science history The Mound Builders Preparing your PDF for download... There was a problem with your download, please contact the server administrator. Download Cover Image EXAM, DESK & REVIEW COPIES Reprint Permissions DOWNLOAD BOOK FLYER The Mound Builders by Robert SilverbergImprint: Ohio University Press 276 Pages, 5.00 x 8.00 in Paperback 9780821408391 Published: May 1986 $21.95 BUY eBook 9780821443828 Published: May 1986 $21.99 BUY Description AUTHOR(S) Praise Description In Illinois, the one-hundred-foot Cahokia Mound spreads impressively across sixteen acres, and as many as ten thousand more mounds dot the Ohio River Valley alone. The Mound Builders traces the speculation surrounding these monuments and the scientific excavations which uncovered the history and culture of the ancient Americans who built them.The mounds were constructed for religious and secular purposes some time between 1000 B.C. and 1000 A.D., and they have prompted curiosity and speculation from very early times. European settlers found them evidence of some ancient and glorious people. Even as eminent an American as Thomas Jefferson joined the controversy, though his conclusions—that the mounds were actually cemeteries of ancient Indians—remained unpopular for nearly a century.Only in the late 19th century, as Smithsonian Institution investigators developed careful methodologies and reliable records, did the period of scientific investigation of the mounds and their builders begin. Silverberg follows these excavations and then recounts the story they revealed of the origins, development, and demise of the mound builder culture. AUTHOR(S) Robert Silverberg, a renowned science fiction author and recipient of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, also writes books reflecting his special interest in myth, history, archaeology, and anthropology. Praise “Our forebears, finding large, incomprehensible earthworks scattered down the Mississippi Valley, refused to believe they were built by the aborigines who still cluttered up the place and impeded settlement. Mr. Silverberg describes, with gleeful and copious quotation, the nineteenth-century literature of speculation which attributed these monuments to Phoenicians, stray Vikings, the lost tribes of Israel, refugees from Atlantis, an extinct race of giants, and Welshmen. The book, which is charmingly written, ends with a history of the archaeological work which gave the mounds back to the Indians.” — Atlantic Monthly Related Books Peoples of the Inland Sea Transitions The Emergence of the Moundbuilders Ohio’s First Peoples Connect Column Column Column Privacy Policy © 2024 Ohio University Press. All Rights Reserved. Ohio University Press · Swallow Press Alden Library, Suite 101 30 Park Place Athens, OH 45701-2909 +1 740 593 1154 Powered by Supadu We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. Accept Close GDPR Cookie Settings Privacy Overview Strictly Necessary Cookies Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance Privacy Overview This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Strictly Necessary Cookies Strictly Necessary Cookies should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Enable or Disable Cookies If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. Enable All Save Settings