Abstract
All the components of a nineteenth century mystery novel are contained in the Davenport Conspiracy Revisited -- an elusive race of mysterious "Mound Builders", clergymen with flawed characters, pranksters who overestimated their ability to take a joke, a<br />stubborn lawyer, a near deathbed confession -- the only difference is that this is no novel, it actually happened. In this book, McKusick chronicles the circumstances surrounding the discovery by nineteenth century antiquarians of alleged "Mound Builder" artifacts in burial mounds in the Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois. The discovery caused considerable debate in the scientific community at the time, and has even recently resurfaced in popular literature concerning early European "invasions" of Americas.
Highlights
1 991 Howard Carter and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Constable. (Thi s is the first biography of Howard Carte r. )
The late n i netee nth ce ntu ry setting fo r the Da venport Consp iracy was the formative period of American anthropology and arch aeo logy
A major research question was the o ri g i n of the American I nd ians and what. if any, re lationship they had to the many earthworks fou nd throug hout the eastern U n ited States
Summary
1 991 Howard Carter and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Constable. (Thi s is the first biography of Howard Carte r. ). The Davenport Conspiracy Revisited , by Marshall McKusick, I owa State U n ive rsity P ress, Ames.
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