inspired by the "indians before columbus" exhibit, a book of the same name was published in 1947 by collier, paul martin, and george quimby. it was used as a text in anthropology courses and was the only book on north american archaeology for nearly ten years. collier also wrote forty-eight articles for the "museum bulletin" for the field museum. some of his articles were reprinted in "archaeology", "museum journal", and the "journal of biblical archaeology".