Ancient America in Notes on American Archaeology by John D. BaldwinHarper Brothers, 1872 - 299 Seiten |
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... hewn stone laid in mortar . For reasons not difficult to understand , the Mound - Builders , beginning their works on the lower Mississippi , constructed such edifices of wood or some other perishable material ; therefore not a trace of ...
... hewn stone laid in mortar . For reasons not difficult to understand , the Mound - Builders , beginning their works on the lower Mississippi , constructed such edifices of wood or some other perishable material ; therefore not a trace of ...
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... hewn stone , and can still be examined in their ruins . The Mound - Builders , like some of the ancient people of Mexico and Yucatan , used wood , sun - dried brick , or some other material that could not resist decay . There is ...
... hewn stone , and can still be examined in their ruins . The Mound - Builders , like some of the ancient people of Mexico and Yucatan , used wood , sun - dried brick , or some other material that could not resist decay . There is ...
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... hewn stone , bearing sculptured decorations , went through one of them . A similar gallery went partly through the other , and two branches were extended at right angles still farther , but terminating within . He mentions also the ...
... hewn stone , bearing sculptured decorations , went through one of them . A similar gallery went partly through the other , and two branches were extended at right angles still farther , but terminating within . He mentions also the ...
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... hewn stone laid in a mortar of lime and sand , the masonry being admirable , and the orna- mentation , in most cases , very abundant . The pyramid- foundations of earth were faced with hewn stone , and provided with great stone ...
... hewn stone laid in a mortar of lime and sand , the masonry being admirable , and the orna- mentation , in most cases , very abundant . The pyramid- foundations of earth were faced with hewn stone , and provided with great stone ...
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... hewn stone , and estimated the extent of the ruins to be " seven or eight leagues one way [ along the River Chacamas ] , and half a league the other . " He mentions " a subterranean aqueduct of 104 Ancient America . Palenque.
... hewn stone , and estimated the extent of the ruins to be " seven or eight leagues one way [ along the River Chacamas ] , and half a league the other . " He mentions " a subterranean aqueduct of 104 Ancient America . Palenque.
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ages amautas Ancient America ancient history antiquity appears Atlantic Aztecs Brasseur de Bourbourg builders building built called Casa Central America Chichen-Itza Chichimecs civilization coast Colhuas communities Conquest continent Copan copper Cortez covered Crown 8vo Cuzco described discovered edifices Edition Egypt Eirek Europe existed explored extended Fcap feet high feet long Figure forest Greenland hewn stone Huayna Capac hundred Iceland Illustrations important Incas inclosure inhabitants inscriptions island Kabah known Lake Titicaca land Malays Mayapan Mayas Mexican Mexico and Central Mitla Montesinos monuments Mound-Builders mounds Nahuas native ocean Ohio old books old city old ruins older original ornaments Pacific palaces Palenque period Peru Peruvian Phoenicians preserved Pueblos pyramidal Quichés race region remains sailed says sculptured seen settlements Small post 8vo Spaniards Spanish structures summit supposed temple terrace tion Toltecs traditions Uxmal Valley Vinland vols voyage walls wild Indians writing Xibalba Yucatan