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Excerpt from Women of All Nations, Vol. 3: A Record of Their Characteristics, Habits, Manners, Customs and InfluenceThe Eskimo differ from the Indians in skin colour, which is yellowish or light brown, with a pronounced redness in the face, which is large and. ¿at. The nasal bones are narrower than in any other people.The Indians differ among themselves in stature, in form of the head, and in features. Stature ranges from 64 to 70 inches (160 ...

Excerpt from Mexican Archæology, an Introduction to the Archæology of the Mexican and Mayan Civilizations of Pre-Spanish AmericaThe actual area withwhich this book deals is, roughly, that portion of Mexico which lies between the tropic of Cancer and the northern strip of Honduras. It is divided naturally into two portions, a northern and western, and a southern and eastern, by the depression which cuts across the isthmus of Tehuantepec. The na...

Excerpt from South American Archaeology: An Introduction to the Archaeology of the South American Continent, With Special Reference to the Early History of PeruIng moisture upon the Andes, which thus rob the coast of its rainfall. But there is reason to believe that at one time the Andes were several thousand feet lower, and did not offer an insurmountable barrier to the rains. At this period the coast must have been wooded, and a forest must ...

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Excerpt from Central American and West Indian Archæology: Being an Introduction to the Archæology of the States of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the West Indies by Thomas A. Joyce, M.A., With Many Illustrations Two Maps It was already approaching completion when the war broke upon Europe, and, though it was finished by the end of the year, circumstances combined to prevent its publication for the time. Having been engaged for the better ...

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Published in 1916, this highly illustrated textbook summarises Central American and West Indian archaeology for non-specialists and future investigators.

Originally published in 1912, this pioneering and highly illustrated textbook made South American archaeology more accessible to the general reader.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1914.

Der unerhörteste Text derliterarischen Moderne wird erstmalszum erlebbaren Hörereignis "Eine spaßhaft-geschwätzige, allumfassende Chronik mit vielfältigstem Material" so charakterisierte ihn James Joyce. Als "obszön, unzüchtig, lasziv, nichtswürdig, anstößig und widerlich" verdammte ihn die New Yorker Gesellschaft zur Unterdrückung des Lasters 1920. Heute sind sich alle einig: Der Ulysses ist ein Klassiker, hochgelobt, sagenumwoben, akribisch ...

Excerpt from Women of All Nations: A Record of Their Characteristics, Habits, Manners, Customs and In¿uenceWomen from the Rio Caiary, Uaupes. South America: Showing face and body painting, the most primitive form of ornamentation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-...

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