Records of Ancient Races in the Mississippi Valley / Bookcrop (ePub)

"McAdams, who was curator of the State Museum at Springfield seems to have excavated to a considerable extent." -The Cahokia Mounds (2000)

"Geologist and Archaeologist William McAdams...interpreted these features as house mounds." - Mima Mounds: The Case for Polygenesis and Bioturbation (2012)

"Archaeologist William McAdams prepared a stunning show...the respected scholar...declared...the mounds on the Cahokia creek are the work of a great nation." -Cahokia: Mirror of the Cosmos

"William McAdams...member of the St. Louis Academy of Science...wrote a description of Monks Mound...dug for treasure there." -Cahokia, the Great Native American Metropolis (2000)

As one of the few archaeologists to excavate Cahokia Mounds, did McAdams uncover conclusive proof of the identity of the Mound-Builders?

In 1887, Illinois archaeologist William D. McAdams (1834-1895), published "Records of Ancient Races in the Mississippi Valley."

In his conclusion, McAdams writes:

"From the ancient pictographs, symbolic devices, emblems and rude signs of the Mound-Builders we have one feeble clue by which at this late date to trace something of their origin. In our opinion it is an important question; for it has an important bearing on the history of all mankind. To aid in elucidating it we have worked long and diligently, much of the time without the advantages of a guide; and in these pages we have endeavored to give the reader the results of our investigations."