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Excerpt from Miscellaneous Papers Relating to AnthropologyThe works represented in the accompanying sketch consist of a stone wall 5 feet high, filled inside with earth, except the two squares within. These are 8 feet deep and 15 feet on each side, the whole work being about 200 feet on either side. There was formerly some kind of wooden struct ure on the stone wall, as the remains of cedar timbers occur at certain points on the top. The woode...

Excerpt from Ethnological Directions Relative to the Indian Tribes of the United StatesBefore enumerating the articles and inquiries in detail, a few words of caution may not be inappropriate.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-of-the-art technology to digitally rec...

Excerpt from Directions for Collectors of American BasketryThe sallow knows the basket maker's thumb - Emerson. Introduction.The following instructions are published for the great number of persons who are interested in the collection and preservation of Ameri can basketry. Besides the aesthetic elements involved and the pride of saving the best examples of a rapidly vanishing industry, there is a vast deal of culture study which ought not to ...

Excerpt from The Aborigines of the District of Columbia and the Lower Potomac: A SymposiumIt has been my constant desire since then to enlarge this paper so as to compare the geological structure of this area with that of the Delaware valley, for instance to note and describe residence sites, workshops, paint and soapstone quarries 5 to make a study of all the forms of stone implements found in this region and to rehabilitate them - that is, t...

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Excerpt from The Latimer Collection of Antiquities From Porto Rico in the National Museum and the Guesde Collection of Antiquities in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, West IndiesSince the two papers here reproduced were written considerable litera ture has accumulated with reference to the archaeology of the Greater and the Lesser Antilles and contiguous areas in Central America, South America, and the United States.About the PublisherForgotten Boo...

Excerpt from Vocabulary of Malaysian Basketwork: A Study in the W. L. Abbott CollectionsThe Abbott collections are of greatest scientific value as types, because after studying the wants of the lmuseum he labeled each specimen carefully according to the latest requirements, and they come in the most opportune time to compare with the vast material now being sent from the Philippines. The Abbott collections also ally themselves with the textile...

Excerpt from Vocabulary of Malaysian Basketwork: A Study in the W. L. Abbott CollectionsThe Abbott collections are of greatest scientific value as types, because after studying the wants of the lmuseum he labeled each specimen carefully according to the latest requirements, and they come in the most opportune time to compare with the vast material now being sent from the Philippines. The Abbott collections also ally themselves with the textile...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Excerpt from Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Anthropology The works represented in the accompanying sketch consist of a stone wall 5 feet high, filled inside with earth, except the two squares within. These are 8 feet deep and 15 feet on each side, the whole work being about 200 feet on either side. There was formerly some kind of wooden struct ure on the stone wall, as the remains of cedar timbers occur at certain points on the top. The woo...

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. W...

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Excerpt from Ethnological Directions Relative to the Indian Tribes of the United States The design of this publication is to direct the attention of the agents of the Indian Bureau and of other officers of the United States Government, and also of all other persons interested in the subject, to those objects and investigations which are desirable for the purpose of representing at the Centennial Exposition the history of culture among the abo...

Excerpt from The Educational Aspect of the United States National MuseumOn the other hand men equally as learned say What is the use Of writing books for nobody to read? If you stir up a love for these things in the public, will they not fill your mill with grist, build your cases for your study series and give you money to perfect your work? And so the battle has been fought for you while you were being born and nourished, and the public are ...

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Excerpt from The Aborigines of the District of Columbia and the Lower Potomac: A Symposium It has been my constant desire since then to enlarge this paper so as to compare the geological structure of this area with that of the Delaware valley, for instance 3 to note and describe residence sites, workshops, paint and soapstone quarries 3 to make a study of all the forms of stone implements found in this region and to rehabilitate them - that i...

Excerpt from The Latimer Collection of Antiquities From Porto Rico in the National Museum and the Guesde Collection of Antiquities in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, West IndiesSince the two papers here reproduced were written considerable litera ture has accumulated with reference to the archaeology of the Greater and the Lesser Antilles and contiguous areas in Central America, South America, and the United States.About the PublisherForgotten Boo...

Excerpt from Directions for Collectors of American Basketry The following instructions are published for the great number of persons who are interested in the collection and preservation of Ameri can basketry. Besides the aesthetic elements involved and the pride of saving the best examples of a rapidly vanishing industry, there is a vast deal of culture study which ought not to be neglected. In every collection, public or private, there are...