Ancient America in Notes on American Archaeology by John D. BaldwinHarper Brothers, 1872 - 299 Seiten |
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... decayed works of the Mound - Build- ers are unmistakable monuments , means civilization . Albert Gallatin , who gave considerable attention to their remains , thought their works indicated not only " a dense agricultural population ...
... decayed works of the Mound - Build- ers are unmistakable monuments , means civilization . Albert Gallatin , who gave considerable attention to their remains , thought their works indicated not only " a dense agricultural population ...
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... decayed when exposed to the air . The mass of copper had been raised several feet , along the foot of the lode , on tim- bers , by means of wedges . " At this place was found a stone maul weighing thirty - six pounds , and also a cop ...
... decayed when exposed to the air . The mass of copper had been raised several feet , along the foot of the lode , on tim- bers , by means of wedges . " At this place was found a stone maul weighing thirty - six pounds , and also a cop ...
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... decayed bones of Mound- Builders are invariably found within the mounds , never on the surface , usually at the bottom of the structure , and nearly always " in such a state of decay as to render all attempts to restore the skull , or ...
... decayed bones of Mound- Builders are invariably found within the mounds , never on the surface , usually at the bottom of the structure , and nearly always " in such a state of decay as to render all attempts to restore the skull , or ...
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... decayed skeletons of the Mound - Builders are much more than two thousand years old . Those familiar with the facts ... decay in which all skeletons of the Mound- Builders are exhumed from their burial - places is consid- C ered a proof ...
... decayed skeletons of the Mound - Builders are much more than two thousand years old . Those familiar with the facts ... decay in which all skeletons of the Mound- Builders are exhumed from their burial - places is consid- C ered a proof ...
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... decay . When the Ohio Valley was first visited by Europeans it was covered by an unbroken forest , most of the trees being of great age and size ; and it was manifest that several generations of great forest trees had preceded those ...
... decay . When the Ohio Valley was first visited by Europeans it was covered by an unbroken forest , most of the trees being of great age and size ; and it was manifest that several generations of great forest trees had preceded those ...
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ages amautas ancient history antiquity appears Asia Atlantic Aztecs Biarni Brasseur de Bourbourg builders building built called Casa Central America character Chichimecs city of Mexico civilization Cloth coast Colhuas communities Conquest continent Copan copper Cortez covered Cuzco described dialects discovered edifices Egypt Eirek Europe existed explored extended feet high Figure forest gold Greenland hewn stone Huayna Capac hundred Iceland important Incas inclosures inhabitants inscriptions island Kabah known Kukulcan Lake Titicaca land Malays Mayapan Mayas mentioned Mexican Mexico and Central Mitla Montesinos monuments Mound-Builders mounds Nahuas native ocean Ohio old books old ruins older original ornaments Pacific palaces Palenque period Peru Peruvian Phoenicians preserved probably Pueblos pyramid Quichés race region relics remains remarkable sailed says sculptured seen settlements South America Spaniards Spanish structures summit supposed temple terrace thing tion Toltecs traditions Uxmal Valley Vinland vols voyage walls wild Indians writing Xibalba Yucatan