It is the mystery, the impenetrable mystery veiling these aged sepulchers, which gives them an interest for the traveler’s eye…
                              -Dickeson, 1948

Regarded by some as a pioneer of American archaeology and by others as a snake-oil salesman, Montroville Wilson Dickeson is a fascinating figure. In reality he was probably somewhere between the two extremes, a man who genuinely loved learning about America’s ancient past but who also saw the value in putting on a show for the public.
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