The Adena People - Paperback

by William S. Webb (Author), Charles E. Snow (Contribution by)

Widely recognized as one of the major works on eastern archaeology published during the first half of the twentieth century, The Adena People remains a standard reference work on the prehistory of the Ohio Valley. The result of the collaboration between the eminent archaeologists William S. Webb and Charles E. Snow, the work is largely concerned with the burial customs and earth mounds erected over the remains of the Adena dead in Kentucky. This study serves as a sourcebook for all archaeologists and provides a clear view of American archaeology as earlier practiced.

Author Biography

William S. Webb (1882-1964) earned degrees from the University of Kentucky, Cornell University, and the University of Chicago. He was the inaugural head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Kentucky and was instrumental in understanding the native peoples of the Ohio Valley.

Charles E. Snow (1910-1967) earned degrees from the University of Colorado and Harvard University. He worked with William Webb on archaeological excavations associated with the Tennessee Valley Authority, and then he was hired by the University of Kentucky to join Webb in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology.