Ancient America in Notes on American Archaeology by John D. BaldwinHarper Brothers, 1872 - 299 Seiten |
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... extended description of every monument and relic of the Ancient American civilization than this purpose seemed to require . The work is a summary , a kind of hand - book with notes and comments ; but I have aimed to make it ...
... extended description of every monument and relic of the Ancient American civilization than this purpose seemed to require . The work is a summary , a kind of hand - book with notes and comments ; but I have aimed to make it ...
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... extended in graceful curves , and terminating in a triple coil at the tail . The embankment constitut- ing this figure is more than 5 feet high , with a base 30 feet wide at the centre of the body , diminishing some- what toward the ...
... extended in graceful curves , and terminating in a triple coil at the tail . The embankment constitut- ing this figure is more than 5 feet high , with a base 30 feet wide at the centre of the body , diminishing some- what toward the ...
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... extended . One remarkable mining excavation of the Mound- Builders was found near the Waterbury mine . Here , in the face of a vertical bluff , was discovered " an ancient , artificial , cavern - like recess , twenty - five feet in ...
... extended . One remarkable mining excavation of the Mound- Builders was found near the Waterbury mine . Here , in the face of a vertical bluff , was discovered " an ancient , artificial , cavern - like recess , twenty - five feet in ...
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... extended up the valley gradually . After their first communities were estab- lished in the Gulf regions , considerable time must have elapsed before their advancing settlements were extend- ed northward , through the intervening region ...
... extended up the valley gradually . After their first communities were estab- lished in the Gulf regions , considerable time must have elapsed before their advancing settlements were extend- ed northward , through the intervening region ...
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... extended over the whole continent , re- mains unproved . The supposed traces of it among the Pueblos are by no means clear . A more complete and accurate research is required to show that identically the same system ever has existed any ...
... extended over the whole continent , re- mains unproved . The supposed traces of it among the Pueblos are by no means clear . A more complete and accurate research is required to show that identically the same system ever has existed any ...
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