IN NOTES ON AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY. By JOHN D. BALDWIN, A.M., AUTHOR OF "PRE-HISTORIC NATIONS." WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. CALIFORNIA GIFT OF PROF. C. A.KOFOID E61 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. MIA OL PREFACE. THE purpose of this volume is to give a summary of what is known of American Antiquities, with some thoughts and suggestions relative to their significance. It aims at nothing more. No similar work, I believe, has been published in English or in any other language. What is known of American Archæology is recorded in a great many volumes, English, French, Spanish, and German, each work being confined to some particular department of the subject, or containing only an intelligent traveler's brief sketches of what he saw as he went through some of the districts where the old ruins are found. Many of the more important of these works are either in French or Spanish, or in great English quartos and folios which are not accessible to general readers, and not one of them attempts to give a comprehensive view of the whole subject. Therefore I have prepared this work for publication, believing it will be acceptable to many who are not now much acquainted with the remains of Ancient America, and that some who read it may be induced to study the M192018 |