Editing Adolph Bandelier (section)

==Life==
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Bandelier was born in [[Bern, Switzerland]]. As a youth, he emigrated to the United States with his family, which settled in [[Highland, Illinois]], a community established by other Swiss immigrants. He labored unhappily in the family business as a young man. He became acquainted with the pioneering anthropologist [[Lewis H. Morgan|Lewis Henry Morgan]] of New York, who served as a mentor as Bandelier turned to scholarship. In particular, he undertook [[archaeology|archaeological]] and [[ethnology|ethnological]] work among the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and South America.

Beginning his studies in [[Sonora]] (Mexico), [[Arizona]], and New Mexico, Bandelier developed as the leading authority on the history of this region. With [[Frank Hamilton Cushing|F. H. Cushing]] and his successors, he became one of the leading authorities on its [[prehistoric]] civilization, at a time when archeology and ethnology were new fields of study.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse|volume=3|page=311}}</ref>

In 1892, Bandelier left the Southwest to travel and conduct research in [[Ecuador]], [[Bolivia]], and [[Peru]], where he continued ethnological, archaeological, and historical investigations. In the first field he was in a part of his work connected with the Hemenway Archaeological Expedition. In the second, he worked in NYC for [[Henry Villard]] and for the [[American Museum of Natural History]]. Bandelier had shown the falsity of various historical [[mythology|myth]]s, notably in his conclusions respecting the [[Inca]] civilization of Peru.<ref name="EB1911"/>

While working at the [[Pueblo of Isleta]] (in New Mexico), Bandelier made some long-term friends. They included French-born missionary Father [[Anton Docher]], who had served the Tiwa people since 1891 and was known as the Padre of Isleta.<ref>Keleher and Chant. ''The Padre of Isleta''. Sunstone Press, 2009, p. 41.</ref> Another was American journalist and writer [[Charles Fletcher Lummis]], who also wrote on ethnology. Lummis traveled with Bandelier for a time in South America, before returning to his base in Los Angeles.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}