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... extent in degree and character, are found in three great sections of the American continent: the west side of South America, between Chili and the first or second degree of north latitude; Central America and Mexico; and the valleys of ...
... extent in degree and character, are found in three great sections of the American continent: the west side of South America, between Chili and the first or second degree of north latitude; Central America and Mexico; and the valleys of ...
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... extent, with less elevation. There have been a great many conjectures in regard to the purposes for which these mounds were built, some of them rather fanciful. I find it most reasonable to believe that the mounds in this part of the ...
... extent, with less elevation. There have been a great many conjectures in regard to the purposes for which these mounds were built, some of them rather fanciful. I find it most reasonable to believe that the mounds in this part of the ...
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... extent. Harrison Mound, in South Carolina, is 480 feet in circumference and 15 feet high. Another is described as 500 feet in circumference at the base, 225 at the summit, and 34 feet high. In a small mound near this, which was opened ...
... extent. Harrison Mound, in South Carolina, is 480 feet in circumference and 15 feet high. Another is described as 500 feet in circumference at the base, 225 at the summit, and 34 feet high. In a small mound near this, which was opened ...
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... extent has incited speculation. At Newark, Ohio, when first discovered, they were spread over an area more than two miles square, and still showed more than twelve miles of embankment from two to twenty feet high. Farther south, as ...
... extent has incited speculation. At Newark, Ohio, when first discovered, they were spread over an area more than two miles square, and still showed more than twelve miles of embankment from two to twenty feet high. Farther south, as ...
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... EXTENT. OF. THEIR. SETTLEMENTS. Careful study of what is shown in the many reports on these ancient remains seems plainly to authorize the conclusion that the Mound-Builders entered the country at the South, and began their settlements ...
... EXTENT. OF. THEIR. SETTLEMENTS. Careful study of what is shown in the many reports on these ancient remains seems plainly to authorize the conclusion that the Mound-Builders entered the country at the South, and began their settlements ...
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IV MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA | |
V MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA | |
VI ANTIQUITY OF THE RUINS | |
VII WHENCE CAME THAT OLD CIVILIZATION? | |
VIII AMERICAN ANCIENT HISTORY | |
IX THE AZTEC CIVILIZATION | |
X ANCIENT PERU | |
XI PERUVIAN ANCIENT HISTORY | |
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APPENDIX C | |
APPENDIX D | |
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ages ancient history antiquity appears architecture Atlantic Aztecs barbarous Brasseur de Bourbourg builders building built called Central America character Chichen-Itza Chichimecs chiefly civilization coast Colhuas communities Conquest constructed continent Copan copper Cortez covered Cuzco decay decorations described discovered edifices Eirek existed explored extent farther south feet high feet long Figure forest foundations Greenland hewn stone Huayna Capac hundred Iceland important Incas inclosures influence inhabitants inscriptions island Kabah known Lake Titicaca land Malays masonry Mayapan Mayas mentioned Mexican Mexico and Central Mississippi Mitla Montesinos Montezuma monuments Mound-Builders mounds Nahuas natives North America occupied Ohio old books old city old ruins older original ornamentation Pacific Palenque period Peru Peruvian Phoenicians preserved probably Pueblos pyramidal Quichés Quirigua race region remains remarkable sailed says sculptured seen settlements Spaniards Spanish Squier structures summit supposed temple terrace Toltecs traces Uxmal Valley Vinland voyage walls wild Indians writing Xibalba Yucatan