Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83

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Author: Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902) [editor] Year: 1886 Publisher: Government Printing Office Place: Washington, DC Description: lxiii+532 pages with 83 plates, 565 figures and index. Quarto (11 1/2" x 8 1/4") issued in olive green with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial to cover. Papers by Garrick Mallery, Pictographs of the North American Indians pages 3-256, plates I-LXXXIII, figures 1-111; William H Holmes, Pottery of the ancient Pueblos pages 257-360, and figures 210-360; William H Holmes, Ancient pottery of the Mississippi Valley pages 361-436, figures 361-436; William H Holmes, Origin and development of form and ornament in ceramic art pages 437-465 and figures 464-489; Frank Hamilton Cushing, Casa Grande ruin pages 289-319, plates LI-LX and figures 328-330; Frank Hamilton Cushing, A study of Pueblo Pottery as illustrative of Zuni culture-growth pages 467-521 and figures 490-564. Edited by J W Powell. (List of Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology pgs 2) 1st edition. Although classified by most conventional texts, John Wesley Powell always maintained that he was not an adventure or an explorer. He considered himself a scientist, motivated by a desire for knowledge and to further the progress of human kind. However, Powell did live a busy and active life as a military leader, the first navigator of the Colorado River, and director of the United States Geological Survey. His accounts from navigating the Colorado River earned him early fame. Due to his c

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