vii, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-354) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Coming over and into the valley -- The founders of American architecture: The cultures that nourished them, and the great dying -- Albert Gallatin and the possibility of understanding -- Bloody years amid the ruins -- The Gallatinians: Thomas Worthington and Adena -- George Washington: His land, its inhabitants, and the Cincinnatian solution -- The Cincinnati -- Thomas Jefferson and the persistence of prejudice -- Jefferson's archaeologists: Part one -- Jefferson's archaeologists: Part two -- Evangelism and Amnesia: Explaining away the mounds -- Why were the mounds built? --Appendix A. Thomas Jefferson and Nicholas Biddle -- Appendix B. William Dunbar on the wonders of Arkansas -- Appendix C. Mr. Brackenrdge speaks for himself.