A popular "science" about human mental processes in relation to associated features of the skull or cranium further "proved" racial superiority, with "whites" superior to all others: "that of the white being oval, that of the Indian cylindrical, and that of the Negro "eccentrically elliptical"." ... Instead of attributing the Indians with human characteristics, the scientists totally ignored the fact that the "savages" may have created the art, so the question of who the mound builders were occupied the attention of professional archaeologists and other scholars for years. ... Indian burial g...

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