Abstract
There are four parts to this volume - a chronology of events by year, a chronology of leading scientists grouped by the decade in which they reached 25 years of age? a research guide, and a research bibliography. The author has written extensively on American science, including co-editing the volume Science at Harvard University (reviewed in BHA 2(1):17-19). The volume covers mostly what are termed the sciences (-.e., chemistry. biology, geology, etc.) and touches upon the social sciences only rarely. The chronology. that takes up two thirds of the book, extends from ca. 1493 to 1990 and includes only three archaeological events. An example of these entries follows: 1877. ARCHAEOLOGY Ephraim George Squier (1821-1888) published Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas (New York and London). Herelated his discovery of Latin American civilizations that predated the Inca. (p. 114) The scientist cohorts by decade also focuses upon the hard sciences, although three men are singled out from archaeology F. W. Putnam, N. H. Winchell, and T. M. Prodden - a peculiar sample of American archaeologists indeed!
Highlights
In ethnology the compilation of isolated facts was the practice of the time. This biography can be read as a major contribution to the history of archaeology and as a fascinating account of a remarkable person who overcame constant difficulties to achieve his scholarly ambitions
There are four parts to this volume - a chronology of events by year, a chronology of leading scientists grouped by the decade in which they reached 25 years of age? a research guide, and a research bibliography
The'index lists all scientists, journals, institutions, and projects mentioned in the frrst two sections of the book. This volume is a good resource for those historians of American archaeology wanting to place their subject into context in broader American science
Summary
Bandelier's last three supporters were successively Columbia University, the Hispanic Society of America, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Bandelier's career and personal life are excellently chronicled in the volume here reviewed, based on a scrupulous examination of a vast number of often obscure sources. This biography can be read as a major contribution to the history of archaeology and as a fascinating account of a remarkable person who overcame constant difficulties to achieve his scholarly ambitions.
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