Book Description
This second installment of a multivolume work on the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition of 1886-1889 focuses on a report written by Cushing on the origins and early months of the expedition. Hidden in several archives for a century, the Itinerary is assembled and presented here for the first time to offer not only a vivid account of the first attempt at scientific excavations in the Southwest, but also an exciting tale of travel through the region and an intellectual adventure story that sheds important light on the human past in Arizona's Salt River Valley.
About the Author
Curtis M. Hinsley is Regents' Professor of History in the Department of Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern Arizona University. He has written widely on American cultural history, including the book The Smithsonian and the American Indian: Making a Moral Anthropology in Victorian America. David R. Wilcox is Senior Curator of Anthropology at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Among his publications is The Mesoamerican Ballgame.
Lost Itinerary of Frank Hamilton Cushing SYNOPSIS
The second in a multivolume series reconstructing the history of the first major archaeological expedition into the US Southwest. Three years into the expedition, the sponsors fired Cushing, its head; after two years of serious illness, bereft of his own records, he tried to write a report of the daily itinerary, but soon gave up in frustration. Hinsley (history, Northern Arizona U.) and Wilcox (anthropology, Museum of Northern Arizona) piece together evidence from various sources. They do not indicate how many volumes are yet to come. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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