Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley - The Expanded Edition Volume Two

Recent archive discoveries of many of the original draft surveys and field notes of Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis (and others) reveal previously unseen details of many of the earthwork sites depicted in Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (1848), as well as material that was edited out of the original publication. This new multi-volume Expanded Edition created for the 175th anniversary of its 1848 publication date, includes a facsimile of the classic original 360-page book, now intercut with original, previously-unpublished site survey maps from the original surveyors, additional original artifact and mound illustrations, and rare earlier published Squier & Davis material including a complete facsimile of Observations on the Aboriginal Monuments of the Mississippi Valley - as well as a new Introduction, Concluding Observations and Postscript, along with historical commentary by Jeffrey Wilson. Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley: The Expanded Edition - Volume Two includes the remainder of Chapter III through Chapter XIX and includes the lithographic plates XXX--XLVIII. - plus, facsimiles of rare, earlier published Squier & Davis articles, a new Concluding Observations and Postscript chapter, and over 190 additional Supplemental Figures.

Jeffrey Wilson graduated from Eastern Michigan University where he studied English Lan-guage, Political Science, History, and Earth Science as an undergraduate, also earning a MSc. in General Science, and where he helped to operate and maintain Sherzer Observatory. He taught both Physics and Astronomy courses at different institutions before moving to the private sector for a career in business and retail analytics. Wilson has volunteered and has served as the President of the Friends of Serpent Mound, a registered 501c3 non-profit for the past 20 years. Wilson has collaboratively worked on several successful efforts to pre-serve prehistoric indigenous archaeological sites in Ohio including Spruce Hill and the Junction Group in Ross County, and the Fortified Hill in Butler County. Wilson is the chief editor and publisher of Serpent Mound Books & Press, a small publisher specializing in deep research into the prehistory of the Ohio River Valley. www.serpentmoundbooks.com