Ancient America in Notes on American Archaeology by John D. BaldwinHarper Brothers, 1872 - 299 Seiten |
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... regions have all been explored to some extent - not completely , but sufficiently to show the significance and importance of their archæo- logical remains , most of which were already mysterious antiquities when the continent was ...
... regions have all been explored to some extent - not completely , but sufficiently to show the significance and importance of their archæo- logical remains , most of which were already mysterious antiquities when the continent was ...
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... region are artificial mounds constructed with intelligence and great labor . Most of them are terraced and truncated pyramids . In shape they are usually square or rectangular , but some- times hexagonal or octagonal , and the higher ...
... region are artificial mounds constructed with intelligence and great labor . Most of them are terraced and truncated pyramids . In shape they are usually square or rectangular , but some- times hexagonal or octagonal , and the higher ...
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... region , have not disappeared , because they were built 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 ...
... region , have not disappeared , because they were built 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 ...
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... regions mounds of this class were intended for the same uses . Figure 4 SCALE 700 ft.tol In . & SCIOTO RIVER 3 Acres ल Fig . 4. Works at Cedar Bank , Ohio . shows the works at Cedar Bank , Ohio , inclosing a mound . The mound within ...
... regions mounds of this class were intended for the same uses . Figure 4 SCALE 700 ft.tol In . & SCIOTO RIVER 3 Acres ल Fig . 4. Works at Cedar Bank , Ohio . shows the works at Cedar Bank , Ohio , inclosing a mound . The mound within ...
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... regions occupied by the Mound - Builders is really surprising . They are more numerous in the regions on the lower Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico than any where else ; and here , in some cases , sun - dried brick was used in the ...
... regions occupied by the Mound - Builders is really surprising . They are more numerous in the regions on the lower Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico than any where else ; and here , in some cases , sun - dried brick was used in the ...
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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