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[1840-1914]

official N.P.S. circle portrait of Adolph Bandelier [1840-1914]          short profile

works by Adolph Bandelier

works about Adolph Bandelier

Bandelier National Monument

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     Adolph F.A. Bandelier was elected to Honorary Membership in The Explorers Club in 1912
http://www.explorers.org/about/history/honorary_members

Adolph Bandelier [1840-1914] entry at Wikipedia
browse the Adolph Bandelier Store at Amazon
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no credits listed at Internet Movie Database


Books  by  Adolph  Bandelier
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search on keywords 'Adolph Bandelier' {returns 64 online etexts} at Internet Archive

"Art of War and Mode of Warfare" [Harvard Peabody Museum 1877]
http://www.archive.org/details/onartwarandmode00bandgoog

"On The Distribution and Tenure of Lands and The Customs With Respect To Inheritance
Among The Ancient Mexicans" [Harvard Peabody Museum 1878]

"Social Organization and Government of Ancient Mexicans" [Harvard Peabody Museum 1879]
http://www.archive.org/details/onsocialorganiza00banduoft

"Tenure of Lands and Inheritances of Ancient Mexicans" [1878]

The Discovery of New Mexico 1886 book by Adolph F. Bandelier  "The Discovery of New Mexico By The Franciscan Monk Friar Marcos de Niza in 1539"
[1886] by Adolph F. Bandelier, Translated & Edited by Madeleine Turrell Rodack

Original publication in French; first English translation published in 1980
Univ Arizona Press 9x6 pb [5/2017] for $19.95
Univ Arizona Press 9¼x6 hardcover [12/80] out of print/used
"An Archaeological Tour Into Mexico" [A.I.A. 1885]
http://www.archive.org/details/reportofarchol00band

1400-page history of the missions of New Mexico [1886] which was sent to the Vatican in Rome,
then lost for decades; it still has not been published in its entirety.

"Final Report of Investigations Among The Indians of The Southwestern United States,
Carried On Mainly In The Years From 1880-1885" [A.I.A. 1890-92]

"Contributions To The History of The South-western Portion of The United States,
Carried On Mainly In The Years From 1880 To 1885" [A.I.A. 1890]

The Delight Makers 1890 novel by Adolph F. Bandelier  "The Delight Makers: A Novel of Prehistoric Pueblo Indian Life" [1890]
by Adolph F. Bandelier, Introduction by Charles F. Lummis

listed among the 100 Best Books In New Mexico [Jan 2011] • "The book is a classic of its kind, and of great value both to futurists and to students of the unique aboriginal life of the great Southwest . . . with a thrilling plot"
Kindle Edition from HardPress Publng [7/2014] for $7.95
HardPress Publng 9x6 pb [1/2012] for $21.95
Palala Press 9¼x6 hardcover [4/2016] for $29.95
Dodd, Mead & Co. 7½x5½ hardcover [1918] long out of print/used
available as free online etexts at Internet Archive: [U.C.D.L. upload 9/2006] + [Cornell upload 11/2009]
"The Unpublished Letters of Adolphe F. Bandelier Concerning The Writing and Publication of The Delight Makers" [1942]
Charles P. Everitt Limited Edition hardcover [1942] long out of print/scarce
Carl Hertzog hardcover [1942] long out of print/scarce

"The Gilded Man and Other Pictures of The Spanish Occupancy of America" [1893]
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924020412387

Southwestern Journals of Adolph F. Bandelier in 4 volumes   "The Southwestern Journals of Adolph F. Bandelier, Volume 1: 1880-1882" [1966]
Edited by Charles H. Lange & Carroll L. Riley

Illustrated with 21 photos, 2 maps, and more than 80 drawings by Bandelier
Univ New Mexico Press hardcover [1966] out of print/used
Univ New Mexico Press hardcover [1966] out of print/used
"The Southwestern Journals of Adolph F. Bandelier, Volume 2: 1883-1884" [1970]
Edited by Charles H. Lange & Carroll L. Riley

Univ New Mexico Press hardcover [1970] out of print/used
"The Southwestern Journals of Adolph F. Bandelier, Volume 3: 1885-1888" [1975]
Edited by Charles H. Lange, Carroll L. Riley & Elizabeth M. Lange

Univ New Mexico Press hardcover [1975] out of print/used
"The Southwestern Journals of Adolph F. Bandelier, Volume 4: 1889-1892" [1984]
Edited by Charles H. Lange, Carroll L. Riley & Elizabeth M. Lange

Univ New Mexico Press hardcover [1984] out of print/used


                                 

Works  About  Adolph  Bandelier

biographical article by Wm. H. Wroth
State Centennial article by New Mexico State Historian Rick Hendricks, PhD

Adolphe Francis Alphonse Bandelier pamphlet by Jack Schaefer  
"Adolphe Francis Alphonse Bandelier" pamphlet [Press of The Territories 1966]
by Jack Schaefer

24-page pamphlet [1966] out of print/scarce
Life and Adventures of Adolf Bandelier biography by Charles H. Lange & Carroll L. Riley  "Bandelier: The Life and Adventures of Adolf Bandelier" [1996]
by Charles H. Lange & Carroll L. Riley

Univ Utah Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/96] out of print/used
Univ Utah Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/96] out of print/used
                                 

Bandelier  National  Monument
[est. 1916] in north central New Mexico
Protects over 33,000 acres of rugged, beautiful canyon and mesa country as well as evidence of a human presence here going back more than 11,000 years, with petroglyphs, standing masonry walls, and dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs paying tribute to the early days of a culture that still survives in the surrounding communities.
N.P.S. official websiteentry at Wikipedia

Bandelier Trading Company gift shop & snack bar [built 1939, repurposed 1968]

Frijoles Canyon Lodge [1937-78] is now park offices.

June 2016 USPS postage stamp honoring Bandelier National Monument         rock Anasazi village at Bandelier National Monument         kiva overlooking Frijoles Canyon at Bandelier National Monument

National Park Service Historical Handbook for Bandelier National Monument  
"National Park Service Historical Handbook #23: Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico" [1955] by Kittridge A. Wing
36-page CreateSpace 9x6 pb [6/2015] for $6.99
44-page National Park Service 7¾x5 pb [1961] out of print/used
National Park Service 9½x6 pb [1955] out of print/used
The Magic of Bandelier book by David E. Stuart  "The Magic of Bandelier" [1990]
by David E. Stuart

Ancient City Press 9x6 pb [1990] out of print/many used
Bandelier National Monument book by Patricia Barey  "Bandelier National Monument" [1990]
by Patricia Barey, Photos by George H.H. Huey

Western National Parks Assn. 10¾x9 pb [6/90] out of print/used
National Monuments of New Mexico Volume Two Bandelier on VHS   "The National Monuments of New Mexico, Volume Two: Bandelier National Monument"
color VHS [1991] for $19.99


different? "Bandelier National Monument" docufilm on DVD [2004]
41-minute color DVD [8/2004] for $19.99

Archaeology of Bandelier National Monument book edited by Timothy A. Kohler  "Archaeology of Bandelier National Monument: Village Formation On The Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico" [2004] Edited by Timothy A. Kohler
Univ New Mexico Press 11¼x8½ hardcover [5/2004] for $70.00 {sic}
Peopling of Bandelier book edited by Robert P. Powers  "The Peopling of Bandelier: New Insights From The Archaeology of The Pajarito Plateau"
[2005] Edited by Robert P. Powers

Contributors: Craig D. Allen, Rory Gauthier, Cynthia Herhahn, Timothy Kohler, editor Powers, Robert Preucel, Julian Martinez, Meredith Matthews, Marit K. Munson, Angelyn Bass Rivera, Kari M. Schmidt, Monica L. Smith, James E. Snead, Joseph H. Suina, Tineke Van Zandt, Bradley J. Vierra, James Vint, Michael R. Walsh
School for Advanced Research Press 11x8½ pb [4/2005] for $19.93
School for Advanced Research Press 11x8½ pb [4/2005] out of print/used
Guide To Bandelier National Monument book by Dorothy Hoard  
"A Guide To Bandelier National Monument" [orig 1977, rev 2009]
by Dorothy Hoard

Los Alamos Historical Society 4th edition 8¼x5½ pb [2/2009] for $20.00
Los Alamos Historical Society 3rd edition 8¾x5¾ pb [11/95] out of print/used
Bandelier National Monument book from Images of America  "Bandelier National Monument (Images of America)" [2016]
by Paul R. Secord

Kindle Edition from Arcadia Publng [2/2016] for $9.99
Arcadia Publng 9¼x6½ pb [2/2016] for $12.22
                                 

Image  Gallery

        

                                 

Family & Friends
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier was born in 1840 in Bern, Switzerland; his family emigrated to Illinois; Adolph studied the new discipline of anthropology and did field work
in Sonora (Old Mexico), Arizona & New Mexico Territories, then from 1892 to 1903 in Ecuador, Bolivia & Peru; Adolph died while conducting
long-dreamt-of archival research in Sevilla, Spain in 1914 at age 73.

first wife Josephine 'Joe' Huegy Bandelier [?-1892] - married January 1861, died suddenly in Lima, Peru in December 1892


second wife Fanny Ritter Bandelier [] - married in Lima, Peru in 1893 and widowed in 1914

The Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca book translated by Fanny Ritter Bandelier  "The Journey of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and His Companions From Florida To The Pacific, 1528-1536" [1905] Translated by Fanny Bandelier
264-page Kindle Edition from Acheron Press [10/2012] for 99¢
134-page Kindle Edition from CreateSpace [8/2008] for $4.95
60-page CreateSpace 9x6 pb [12/2014] for $5.99
132-page CreateSpace 8½x5½ pb [8/2008] for $7.95
264-page Kessinger Publng hardcover [9/2010] for $34.36


longtime friend Charles F. Lummis [1859-1928] of California

longtime friend French-born missionary Father Anton Docher [1852-1928]
"The Padre of Isleta: The Story of Father Anton Docher" [Sunstone Press 1940] by Julia M. Keleher & Elsie Ruth Chant ISBN 978-0-86534-714-4
"Anton: ou, La Trajectoire d'un Père" novel [L'Harmattan Paris, 2013] by Samuel Gance ISBN 978-2336290164

                                 

L i n k s
Adolph Bandelier [1840-1914] entry at Wikipedia
browse the Adolph Bandelier Store at Amazon
search books on keyword 'bandelier' {returns 400 results} at Amazon
no credits listed at Internet Movie Database

Bandelier jewelry label [circa 2013-14] based in Southern California {website is gone and-or hacked 2017}


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