Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier

Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse (1840–1914), pioneer American archaeologist, was born in Switzerland and brought to the U.S. in 1848. He published many works concerned with his research among the remains of ancient man in Mexico, New Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia, and these are important sources for modern investigators. He is more widely known for his popular books, The Delight Makers (1890), a story of the prehistoric Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and their betrayal to the Navajo by their ruling class, the Delight Makers; and The Gilded Man (1893), concerned with the El Dorado legend.

Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier , 1840-1914, American anthropologist and historian, b. Bern, Switzerland. He was a disciple of Lewis Henry Morgan . An expert on Spanish colonial documents dealing with the Native American civilizations, Bandalier translated many of these into English. He went on to undertake pioneering ethnographic and archaeological research in the American Southwest and the central Andes, laying the foundation for anthropological research in these areas. He is well known for his popular books The Delight Makers (1890, repr. 1954) and The Gilded Man (1893).