Ancient America in Notes on American ArchaeologyLibrary of Alexandria, 28.09.2020 - 299 Seiten |
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... monuments of an American ancient history which invite study, and most of which might, doubtless, have been studied more successfully in the first part of the sixteenth century, before nearly all the old books of Central America had been ...
... monuments of an American ancient history which invite study, and most of which might, doubtless, have been studied more successfully in the first part of the sixteenth century, before nearly all the old books of Central America had been ...
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... monument." gives a view of this work. No symbolic device is more common among the antiquities of Mexico and Central America than the form of the serpent, and it was sometimes reproduced in part in architectural constructions. One of the ...
... monument." gives a view of this work. No symbolic device is more common among the antiquities of Mexico and Central America than the form of the serpent, and it was sometimes reproduced in part in architectural constructions. One of the ...
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... monuments, means civilization. Albert Gallatin, who gave considerable attention to their remains, thought their works indicated not only "a dense agricultural population," but also a state of society essentially different from that of ...
... monuments, means civilization. Albert Gallatin, who gave considerable attention to their remains, thought their works indicated not only "a dense agricultural population," but also a state of society essentially different from that of ...
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... monuments, and when we reflect on the interval that must have passed after their construction until the epoch of their abandonment, we are constrained to accord them a very high antiquity." He points out that they were sun worshipers ...
... monuments, and when we reflect on the interval that must have passed after their construction until the epoch of their abandonment, we are constrained to accord them a very high antiquity." He points out that they were sun worshipers ...
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... monuments suggest successive and varying periods in the civilized condition of the old inhabitants, some of the oldest and most mysterious monuments seeming to indicate the highest development. In the northern part of this region we ...
... monuments suggest successive and varying periods in the civilized condition of the old inhabitants, some of the oldest and most mysterious monuments seeming to indicate the highest development. In the northern part of this region we ...
Inhalt
V MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA | |
VI ANTIQUITY OF THE RUINS | |
VII WHENCE CAME THAT OLD CIVILIZATION? | |
VIII AMERICAN ANCIENT HISTORY | |
IX THE AZTEC CIVILIZATION | |
X ANCIENT PERU | |
XI PERUVIAN ANCIENT HISTORY | |
CONCLUSION | |
APPENDIX | |
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ages ancient history antiquity appears architecture Atlantic Aztecs barbarous Brasseur de Bourbourg builders building built called Casa del Gobernador Central America character Chichen-Itza Chichimecs civilization coast Colhuas communities Conquest constructed continent Copan copper Cortez covered Cuzco decay decorations described discovered edifices Eirek existed explored extent farther south feet high feet long figure forest Greenland hewn stone Huayna Capac hundred Iceland important Incas inclosures inhabitants inscriptions island Kabah known Kukulcan Lake Titicaca land Malays masonry Mayapan Mayas mentioned Mexican Mexico and Central Mississippi Mitla Montesinos monuments Mound-Builders mounds Nahuas natives North America occupied Ohio old books old city old ruins older original ornamentation Pacific Palenque period Peru Peruvian Phoenicians preserved probably Pueblos pyramidal Quiches race region remains remarkable sailed says sculptured seen settlements Spaniards Spanish square Squier structures summit supposed temple terrace Toltecs traces Uxmal Valley Vinland voyage walls wild Indians writing Xibalba Yucatan