The Archeological Collection of the U. S. National Museum, In Charge of the Smithsonian Institution
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PrintWork focuses on "objects found in mounds and other burial-places of early date, on and below the surface of the ground, in caves, shell-heaps, ... all articles of aboriginal workmanship that cannot with certainty be ascribed to any of the tribes which are still in existence or have become extinct within historical times."
Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography
Illustrations include objects of flaked and chipped stone, pecked, ground and polished stone, copper, bone, shells, clay, wood, as well as hafted stone weapons, and hafted stone and bone tools.
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge (Book)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1876
North America