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... summit, and 34 feet high. In a small mound near this, which was opened, there was found "an urn holding 46 quarts," and also a considerable deposit of beads and shell ornaments very much decomposed. Broad terraces of various heights ...
... summit, and 34 feet high. In a small mound near this, which was opened, there was found "an urn holding 46 quarts," and also a considerable deposit of beads and shell ornaments very much decomposed. Broad terraces of various heights ...
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... summit of a hill, in the Scioto Valley, four miles below Chillicothe. What, save time itself, can have brought these skeletons to a condition in which they fall to pieces when touched, and are ready to dissolve and become dust? All the ...
... summit of a hill, in the Scioto Valley, four miles below Chillicothe. What, save time itself, can have brought these skeletons to a condition in which they fall to pieces when touched, and are ready to dissolve and become dust? All the ...
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... summit; that at Mayapan is 60 feet high; the edifice placed on its summit has disappeared. The great mound at Miamisburg, Ohio, is 68 feet high; and that at Grave Creek, West Virginia, is 75 feet high. Both had level summits, and ...
... summit; that at Mayapan is 60 feet high; the edifice placed on its summit has disappeared. The great mound at Miamisburg, Ohio, is 68 feet high; and that at Grave Creek, West Virginia, is 75 feet high. Both had level summits, and ...
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... summit of this height, which Lieutenant Simpson named "Inscription Rock," are the ruins of an extensive Pueblo edifice built of stone. The walls were built "with considerable skill." In some places they are still "perfect to the height ...
... summit of this height, which Lieutenant Simpson named "Inscription Rock," are the ruins of an extensive Pueblo edifice built of stone. The walls were built "with considerable skill." In some places they are still "perfect to the height ...
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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