Ancient America in Notes on American Archaeology by John D. BaldwinHarper Brothers, 1872 - 299 Seiten |
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... summit of a cliff twenty feet high , was another old ruin " strongly walled around . " In the centre was a mound on which were traces of a circular edifice . The next place of encampment was at Zuni , where , as shown in Figure 21 , can ...
... summit of a cliff twenty feet high , was another old ruin " strongly walled around . " In the centre was a mound on which were traces of a circular edifice . The next place of encampment was at Zuni , where , as shown in Figure 21 , can ...
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... summit of an isolated hill of sand- stone , the faces of its walls being here and there visible above heaps of débris . It appears to be very old . As near as could be ascertained , the great rectangular Pu- eblo building was three ...
... summit of an isolated hill of sand- stone , the faces of its walls being here and there visible above heaps of débris . It appears to be very old . As near as could be ascertained , the great rectangular Pu- eblo building was three ...
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... summit , by the sides of which are smaller flights . " The facing of the stones is decorated with hieroglyphics , in which serpents and crocodiles carved in relievo are visi- ble . Each story contains a great number of square niches ...
... summit , by the sides of which are smaller flights . " The facing of the stones is decorated with hieroglyphics , in which serpents and crocodiles carved in relievo are visi- ble . Each story contains a great number of square niches ...
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... summit of a high truncated pyramid , and has solid walls on all sides save the north , where there are five doorways . Within are a corridor and three rooms . Between the doorways leading from the corri- dor to these rooms are great ...
... summit of a high truncated pyramid , and has solid walls on all sides save the north , where there are five doorways . Within are a corridor and three rooms . Between the doorways leading from the corri- dor to these rooms are great ...
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... summit crowned with a building 50 feet long by 31 wide , which has three doorways at the south , and within a corridor and three rooms . This edifice , some- times called " La Cruz , " has , above the height required for the rooms ...
... summit crowned with a building 50 feet long by 31 wide , which has three doorways at the south , and within a corridor and three rooms . This edifice , some- times called " La Cruz , " has , above the height required for the rooms ...
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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