{"product_id":"edward-palmers-arkansaw-mounds-marvin-d-jeter-9780817356125","title":"Edward Palmer's Arkansaw Mounds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This thoroughly researched volume is highly recommended to anyone--at any level--who is interested in the archaeology of the Southeast.\" --CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the 1880s a massive scientific effort was launched by the Smithsonian Institution to discover who had built the prehistoric burial mounds found throughout the United States. \u003ci\u003eArkansaw Mounds\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of this exploration and of Edward Palmer, one of the nineteenth century's greatest natural historians and archaeologists, who was recruited to lead the research project. Arkansas was unusually rich in prehistoric remains, especially mounds, and became a major focus of the study. Palmer and his team of researchers discovered that the mounds had been built by the ancestors of the historic North American Indians, shattering the then-popular theory that a lost non-Indian race had built them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marvin D. Jeter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817356126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817356125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 6.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Marvin D. Jeter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086960406783,"sku":"9780817356125","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1b0f651-7619-4a25-9633-d9ce61ee49ac.jpg?v=1769097492","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edward-palmers-arkansaw-mounds-marvin-d-jeter-9780817356125","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}