= Adolph_Bandelier =

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= Adolph_Bandelier =
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Introduction
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Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (August 6, 1840March 18, 1914) was a
Swiss and American archaeologist who particularly explored the
indigenous cultures of the American Southwest, Mexico, and South
America. He immigrated to the United States with his family as a youth
and made his life there, abandoning the family business to study in
the new fields of archeology and ethnology.

Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico was named for him, as his
studies established the significance of this area in the Jemez
Mountains for archeological and historic preservation of sites of
Ancestral Puebloans dating to two eras from 1150 to 1600 CE.

Life
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Bandelier was born in Bern, Switzerland. As a youth, he emigrated to
the United States with his family, which settled in Highland,
Illinois, a community established by other Swiss immigrants. He
labored unhappily in the family business as a young man. He became
acquainted with the pioneering anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan of
New York, who served as a mentor as Bandelier turned to scholarship.
In particular, he undertook archaeological and ethnological work among
the Native Americans of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and
South America.

Beginning his studies in Sonora (Mexico), Arizona, and New Mexico,
Bandelier developed as the leading authority on the history of this
region. With F. H. Cushing and his successors, he became one of the
leading authorities on its prehistoric civilization, at a time when
archeology and ethnology were new fields of study.

In 1892, Bandelier left the Southwest to travel and conduct research
in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru, where he continued ethnological,
archaeological, and historical investigations. In the first field he
was in a part of his work connected with the Hemenway Archaeological
Expedition. In the second, he worked in NYC for Henry Villard and for
the American Museum of Natural History. Bandelier had shown the
falsity of various historical myths, notably in his conclusions
respecting the Inca civilization of Peru.

While working at the Pueblo of Isleta (in New Mexico), Bandelier made
some long-term friends. They included French-born missionary Father
Anton Docher, who had served the Tiwa people since 1891 and was known
as the Padre of Isleta. Another was American journalist and writer
Charles Fletcher Lummis, who also wrote on ethnology. Lummis traveled
with Bandelier for a time in South America, before returning to his
base in Los Angeles.

Legacy and honors
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* Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico was named for him, as his
studies established the significance of this area for understanding
ancient indigenous cultures of the Tuyongi canyon.
* Bandelier Elementary School in Albuquerque, New Mexico was named
after him.
* Bandelier was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society
in 1881.

Publications
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* Harvard University, Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and
Ethnology, Annual Reports, 1877, 1878, 1879:
** 'On the Art of War and Mode of Warfare of the Ancient Mexicans'
** 'On the Distribution and Tenure of Lands and the Customs with
respect to Inheritance among the Ancient Mexicans'
** 'On the Social Organization and Mode of Government of the Ancient
Mexicans'
* From the 'Papers' of the Archaeological Institute of America,
American Series, constituting vols. i.-v.:
** 'Historical Introduction to Studies among the Sedentary Indians of
New Mexico, and Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos' (1881)
** 'Report of an Archaeological Tour in Mexico in 1881' (1884)
** 'Final Report of Investigations among the Indians of the
South-Western United States' (1890-1892, 2 vols.)
** 'Contributions to the History of the South-western Portion of the
United States carried on mainly in the years from 1880 to 1885' (1890)
* "The Romantic School of American Archaeologists" (New York
Historical Society, 1885)
* 'The Gilded Man (El Dorado) and other Pictures of the Spanish
Occupancy of America' (1893)
* 'On the Relative Antiquity of Ancient Peruvian Burials' (American
Museum of Natural History, Bulletin, v. 30, 1904)
* 'Aboriginal Myths and Traditions concerning the Island of Titicaca,
Bolivia.' (1904)
* 'The Journey of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca ... from Florida to the
Pacific, 1528-1536' (editor, translated into English by his wife;
1905).
* 'The Islands of Titicaca and Koati'(1910)
* [https://archive.org/details/delightmakers00bandrich 'The Delight
Makers' (1890)], a novel of Pueblo Indian life - scanned text in full
at Internet Archive

External links
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* [http://www.bookrags.com/Adolph_Francis_Alphonse_Bandelier Biography
at BookRags]

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