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Ephraim George Squier

American archaeologist and newspaper editor (1821-1888) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 66

Ephraim George Squier was an American archaeologist, diplomat, and journalist. Born in Bethlehem, New York, he spent his early career in the northeastern United States. There, along with his colleague Edwin H. Davis, he was a prominent investigator of the prehistoric Indian mounds of the Ohio River valley.

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Squier received national recognition after he co-authored Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (1848). It was the first publication of the newly established Smithsonian Institution.

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Academics
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Academic
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Deceased
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Lived 1821 to 1888 · aged 66