OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9946

Metadata
Title:		Mexico materials, Samuel George Morton Papers
Contributor:		Burroughs, Marmaduke
		Edmonds, Frederic
		Maclure, William, 1763-1840
		Macartney, John P.
Date:		1830-1841
Description:		Letters discussing grave robbing of Indigenous ancestors' remains. Maclure and Burroughs write of the difficulty of obtaining "pure" Mexican skulls; problem of shipping out skulls (though Maclure sends several); innate capabilities of the Indians; educating the Indians. Edmonds sends "heads" collected from the Pyramid of the Sun and Moon near San Juan de Teotihuacan. Mexican curiosities. Macartney sends 6 skulls collected by Jose Gomes de la Cortina, a Mexican gentleman. Claims that skulls are easily obtained from Mexicans. Skulls from Santiago de Flotiloho are unreliable, since epidemic of cholera resulted in throwing bodies into ancient burials.
Extent:		5 items
Identifier:		https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9946
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Spatial Coverage:		Teotihuacan
Subject:		Aztec
		Grave robbing
		Human remains
		Phrenology
		Skulls
		Mexico--History
		Antiquities
		Anthropometry
Type:		Correspondence
Type (DCMI):		Text
OLAC Info
Archive:		Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9946
DateStamp:		2020-03-02
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Search Info
Citation:		Burroughs, Marmaduke; Edmonds, Frederic; Maclure, William, 1763-1840; Macartney, John P. 1830-1841. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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