| Autor: |
Rodell, Roland L., Green, William |
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Wisconsin Archeologist; Jan-Dec2017, Vol. 98 Issue 1/2, p101-228, 128p |
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George Hull Squier (1849-1933) conducted geological and archaeological research in the upper Mississippi valley in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His geological training at Harvard University helped him develop the scientific attitudes and approaches he applied to his later archaeological work. Despite limited means and relative isolation, Squier conducted geologic research in the "Driftless Area" and made notable archaeological contributions through regional surveys and excavations at key Middle Woodland and early Historic sites in western Wisconsin. His most significant work in geology focused on the origins of the isolated geological formation known as the Trempealeau Bluffs. In archaeology, it was his meticulous documentation of a Middle Mississippian platform mound complex at Trempealeau, which he interpreted as evidence of intrusive cultural influence from the lower Mississippi valley. Squier advocated and applied careful research methods that foreshadowed the standardization of archaeological practice as the field professionalized. Independent, unconventional scholars such as Squier were vital and often overlooked figures in the development of American archaeology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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