Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier

Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1840–1914) was a Swiss-American archaeologist and ethnologist known for his pioneering work in the American Southwest and Mexico. He conducted extensive fieldwork among Native American groups such as the Pueblo and Aztec, documenting their history, customs, and ruins. His most famous work, "The Delight Makers," is a fictionalized account of ancient Pueblo life, based on his research. Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico is named in his honor, preserving the archaeological sites he studied.

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Part I. The earliest knowledge of the existence of the sedentary Indians in New Mexico and Arizona reached Europe by way of Mexico proper; but it is very doubtful whether or not the aborigines of Mexico had any positive information to impart about countries lying north of the present State of Querétaro. The tribes to the north were, in the language of the valley-confederates,... more...

CHAPTER I. The mountain ranges skirting the Rio Grande del Norte on the west, nearly opposite the town of Santa Fé, in the Territory of New Mexico, are to-day but little known. The interior of the chain, the Sierra de los Valles, is as yet imperfectly explored. Still, these bald-crested mountains, dark and forbidding as they appear from a distance, conceal and shelter in their deep gorges and clefts... more...