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The Craig Mound is a treasury of early Native American artistry and the richest source of pre-Columbian shell engravings in North America. These lavishly illustrated volumes showcase the variety of iconography and of the engravers.

The Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma was the richest source of pre-Columbian shell engravings in North America, a treasury of early native American artistry. From about A.D. 1250 until the early part of this century, it remained virtually undisturbed, but in 1933, it was plundered by commercial diggers. The fragments of the shell cups and gorgets became widely scattered, as museums and private collectors sought to acquire them. It is only throug...

Unequaled in North America as a single source of prehistoric figurative and decorative art, the Craig burial mound was plundered by commercial diggers in 1933. Hundreds of fragile shell artifacts covered with engraved designs were quickly sold and, whole or fragmented, were scattered in public and private collections across the country. For the past ten years, Dr. Philip Phillips, Honorary Curator of Southeastern Archaeology at Harvard, has su...

A classic work by three important scholars who document prehistoric human occupation along the lower reaches of the Mississippi River.

Excerpt from Metrical Tune Book, With Hymns: Revised and Enlarged Since Congregational Singing is becoming so universal in all Evangelical Churches, there is an increasing desire, on the part of Choristers and Choirs, to have a general Metrical Tune Book, without hymns. A book containing all the popular tunes from every source which can be used with any Hymn Book, and from which the Chorister can select a tune of his own choice. For such a p...

Excerpt from Social Struggles: The Fundamental Facts and Principles, Relative to Values, Prices, Money and Interest, National Banks, Franchises, the Silver Question, Socialism, Capital and Labor, and Business Derangement A Widely spread feeling of dissatisfaction with the present organization of society exists in every civilized nation. In some countries this discontent has assumed the form of secret organizations, one of the objects of which...

Excerpt from Around the World With Philip Phillips, the Singing Pilgrim: A Pictorial Tour of the Globe, Illustrated by Pen and Pencil Gentle reader, when you open Oft the pages of this volume, Full we trust 't will be of interest, As a summer day of sunshine, Full of pleasure and instruction As the ocean is of billows. It will take you on a journey, On a rare and wondrous journey, From the shores of Columbia And the cities of New England...

A classic work by three important scholars who document prehistoric human occupation along the lower reaches of the Mississippi River.

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Excerpt from A List Of Books, Magazine Articles And Maps Relating To Chile, 1903 A. (c. R.) Memorandum de 1a revolución de 1891. Datos para la historia recopilados por un Ayudante del Estado Mayor General del Ejército de Chile. [anon.] 530 pp. 8° Santiago, Cervantes. B. M. Ahumada Moreno (pascual). Guerra del Pacifico. Documentos oficiales. 8 v. Fol. Valparaiso, 1884-1892. Akers (c. E.) Argentine, Patagonian and Chilian sketches, with a few...

Excerpt from A List Of Books, Magazine Articles, And Maps Relating To Brazil, 1800-1900 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the a...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Excerpt from A List of Atlases and Maps Applicable to the World War Denmark, K. Sokort-arkiv 1303, 130b, 139, 140, 728, Diest, Walter von 606 Dingle, Edwin John 654, 655 Dodd, Mead co. 231, 232 Domann, Bruno 13 Don, J 57 - 5 Doubleday, N inc. Page co. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work....

Excerpt from Descriptive Guide to Philip Phillips' Illuminated Tours and Illustrated Songs: Describing His Personal Tours Around the World and Throughout Twenty Countries Broadway. Travelers say there is none other like it! It bustles with life and a Babel of noises. Up from the Battery it throbs, pierced three miles away with the tapering marble spire of Grace Church. City fire scene. The heavens aglow! The instant rumble of engines and rus...

Excerpt from Our New Hymnal Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God, praise the Lord, for the Lord is good, sing praises unto His name, for it is pleasant. This must mean that all in the sanctuary, from the oldest to the youngest, should praise God, for it is not only comely, but pleasant. So the number of them, with their brethren, that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, were two hundred four sc...

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